GFJ Book Club In-Person
Meeting are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month in the downstairs meeting room from 1-2 PM and via Zoom from 7-8 PM. Contact Head of Adult Services, Kenneth Roman, for more information or to reserve a copy of the book. Digital copies are available via Hoopla.
This month we will be discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.
Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 26, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Campus:
- George F. Johnson Memorial Library
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Book Club