Talking About Books: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 2:00 PM EDT · Jessie Peterman Memorial Library · Floyd, VA
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This month's book is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. An elderly woman named Tova works nights at an aquarium on the Puget Sound . . . Watching Tova from his tank is the aquarium's main attraction — a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus. One night, Tova frees Marcellus from a near fatal entanglement with a power cord; in return, Marcellus silently resolves to use his knowledge of the sea and his superior memory for faces and objects to help Tova discover the truth about her son's fate…Like a noir detective, Marcellus looks the ultimate deadline of death in the eye and doesn't blink.
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