<p><span class="a-text-bold">**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE<br>BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK<br>OVER 60,000 5 STAR REVIEWS<br></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</span><span class="a-text-bold"> BEST BOOKS OF 2022<br></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">GLAMOUR</span><span class="a-text-bold"> BEST BOOKS OF 2022</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.</span><span>' -</span><span class="a-text-bold"> Washington Post </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'Full of heart and humour . . . I loved it.' </span><span class="a-text-bold">Ruth Hogan</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'Will stay with you for a long time.' </span><span class="a-text-bold">Anstey Harris</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'I defy you to put it down once you've started</span><span>' </span><span class="a-text-bold">Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney</span><span><br><br>After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors - until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.<br><br>Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late...<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'You won't be able to put it down because when you're not reading this book </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">you'll be hugging it</span><span class="a-text-italic">.'</span><span> Jamie Ford<br><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'Truly</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> original </span><span class="a-text-italic">and</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic"> touching</span><span class="a-text-italic">' </span><span>Helen Hoang<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">READER REVIEWS</span><span><br>'I couldn't put it down' <br>'Marvelous, heartwarming, brilliant'<br>'I enjoyed every second'<br>'I was gripped from the first page' <br>'Read it, there's no way you won't fall in love with Marcellus the octopus!'<br> 'Goodness me, what a unique and wonderful book.'</span></p>
<div class="a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container"> <h3><span>Review</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span class="a-text-bold">A winningly totally original feel-good mystery</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-bold">packed with memorable characters</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-bold">that, once started,</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-bold">demands to be finished</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Irish Independent</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A</span><span class="a-text-bold">beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing</span><span>. Shelby Van Pelt makes good on this wild conceit, somehow making me love a misanthropic octopus, but her writing is so finely tuned that it's a natural element of a larger </span><span class="a-text-bold">story about family, about loss and the electricity of something found</span><span> -- Kevin Wilson, author of NOTHING TO SEE HERE<br><br></span><span class="a-text-italic">Remarkably Bright Creatures</span><span> is the rarest of feats: a book that manages to be </span><span class="a-text-bold">wry and wise, charming and surprising</span><span>, and features one of the most intriguing and satisfying characters I've encountered in fiction in a very long time - Marcellus the Octopus. </span><span class="a-text-bold">I don't know how Shelby Van Pelt managed to make this uncommon tale sing so beautifully, but sing it does, and I defy you to put it down once you've started</span><span> -- Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of THE NEST<br><br>A </span><span class="a-text-bold">unique </span><span>and </span><span class="a-text-bold">luminous </span><span>book ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Booklist</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Truly original and touching</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Remarkably Bright Creatures</span><span> is a story of family, community, and optimism in spite of darkness. Prepare to fall in love -- Helen Hoang, author of THE KISS QUOTIENT<br><br>Shelby's characters are </span><span class="a-text-bold">unique and yet completely </span><span class="a-text-bold">relatable</span><span> ...</span><span>It is a </span><span class="a-text-bold">fresh and fascinating</span><span> story full of </span><span class="a-text-bold">heart and humour</span><span> and </span><span class="a-text-bold">I loved</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-bold">it</span><span>. -- Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things<br><br>An ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut about what it feels like to have love taken from you, only to find it again in the most unexpected places ... </span><span class="a-text-bold">Memorable </span><span>and </span><span class="a-text-bold">tender</span><span>. ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Washington Post</span><span><br><br></span><p><span>A </span><span class="a-text-bold">warm and satisfying</span><span> book. It wrapped itself around me, luring me into the many mysteries hidden just beneath the surface.</span></p><span> -- Polly Crosby, author of The Illustrated Child<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Remarkable characters</span><span>, who will stay with you for a long time. -- Anstey Harris, author of The Trials and Triumphs of Grace Atherton<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">You'll bask in this book's warmth and wit</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Spectrum</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Infused with heartfelt humor</span><span>, Van Pelt's elegant portrait of a widowed woman who finds understanding and connection with a clever octopus is refreshingly, if surprisingly, relatable. Despite the unorthodox relationship at its core, the </span><span class="a-text-bold">debut novel offers a wholly original meditation on grief and the bonds that keep us afloat.</span><span> - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Elle</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">The best books about grief find a way to illuminate the darkness of loss</span><span>, and Remarkably Bright Creatures offers a </span><span class="a-text-bold">masterclass</span><span>. - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Marie Claire</span> </div> <h3><span>Book Description</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span class="a-text-bold">A gripping family mystery meets a story of second chances in this warm, feel-good debut. </span> </div> <div data-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="overflow: hidden;"> <h3><span>About the Author</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <p><span>Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Shelby Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her family. 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