August Book Club: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Join the library book club! Open to new members at any time, help vote on what we read every quarter. Copies of book selections are available for checkout at the circulation desk or through our catalog; just ask! Our August selection is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
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.

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• This Wednesday, 20th August, 03:30 pm, Chapter Club in La Crescent
• This Thursday, 21st August, 03:00 pm, Makerspace in La Crescent
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