Join the Brickyard Ladies on April 29th at 5:30pm to discuss
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mop-
ping 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 Marcel-
lus 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.
