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MARCH BUDDY READ
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt
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.
*Description from Goodreads.
Genre: contemporary fiction with magical realism
Themes: grief, loss, friendship, and redemption
Setting: Sowell Bay, a fictional small town in northern Washington State
Content Warnings: grief, child death, abandonment, addiction, animal death, drug abuse, cancer, suicide, pregnancy, alcohol, suicide attempt, chronic illness, confinement,
Reading Breakdown:
Discord channels are organized by part to minimize spoilers and keep the chat going while reading. This book does not have numbered chapters, so the chapter titles are used instead.
Section 1: Day 1,299 - Got Baggage?
Section 2: Busted by Loyal - Day 1,349
Section 3: Some Trees - After All
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