Backlist Book Club: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Sun, 25 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm UTC-05:00

2122 Scott St., Lafayette, IN, United States, Indiana 47904 | Lafayette

Second Flight Books
Publisher/HostSecond Flight Books
Backlist Book Club: Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Join us for our monthly book club discussion! All are welcome as we discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. You do not need to register, simply show up to chat about the book (be okay with spoilers if you haven't finished!).
About the book:
A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces 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.
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