Remarkably Bright Creatures [Movie Tie-in]: A Novel

Now a Netflix FilmFeaturing a New Essay by Shelby Van Pelt About the Film SetA 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 about what it feels like to have love taken away from you, only to find it again in the most unexpected places. . . . Memorable and tender.¡± ¡ª Washington Post¡°Completely charming.¡±¡ªSt. Louis Post-DispatchAfter 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 mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a brilliant, giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus wouldn¡¯t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors¡ªuntil he forms a 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.