SHELBY VAN PELT

Fri May 16 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-07:00

Copperfield's Books | Petaluma

Copperfield's Books
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SHELBY VAN PELT
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Join Shelby Van Pelt in Petaluma for the paperback release of her beloved debut novel - Remarkably Bright Creatures
About this Event

PETALUMA --

Copperfield's Books is delighted to welcome Shelby Van Pelt to Petaluma for the paperback release of her exceptional debut novel - .

Discussion followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

This event is free, registration required for seating.

This deluxe edition features sprayed and stenciled edges, silver foil, and a reading group guide.

A New York Times Bestseller * A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick

Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” —Washington Post

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.

Author: Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Shelby Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her family. Remarkably Bright Creatures is her first novel.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, United States

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