Join us back at Lakeville for lively discussions! Lakeville Literary Club is now in-person only. Please register by the first of the month in order to guarantee receiving the item on time. Please call Lakeville at 516-466-8055 ext 255 in order to request a physical copy of the book.  Please call by the first of the month in order to receive a physical copy.  Title is also available via Overdrive as well.

June Pick: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing 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. (Goodreads)
 

Title is also available as an Ebook and an EAudiobook on Overdrive: https://nassau.overdrive.com/search?query=remarkably+bright+creatures