Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
“Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” — Washington Post
After losing her husband, Tova Sullivan begins working the quiet night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, keeping herself busy the only way she knows how. For decades, she has lived with another ache, the unexplained disappearance of her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, who vanished on Puget Sound more than thirty years ago.
During her shifts, Tova befriends Marcellus, a sharp-witted but irritable giant Pacific octopus who observes far more than the humans around him realize. Though he has little interest in helping his captors, Marcellus forms an unlikely bond with Tova, one that stirs his instincts and his memories.
Piece by piece, Marcellus uncovers the truth about the night Erik disappeared. And with time running out, he is determined to reveal what he knows, using every ounce of cleverness his old invertebrate body can manage.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a tender reminder that facing the past, no matter how painful, can open the door to a future once thought out of reach.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott
Crafted over many years by legendary music producer Rick Rubin, The Creative Act distills the profound insights he’s used to help artists access their deepest creative potential. In this beautifully composed work, Rubin offers that same hard-won wisdom to all of us—an invitation to reconnect with the source of our creativity and approach life itself as an art form.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
“Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” — Washington Post
After losing her husband, Tova Sullivan begins working the quiet night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, keeping herself busy the only way she knows how. For decades, she has lived with another ache, the unexplained disappearance of her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, who vanished on Puget Sound more than thirty years ago.
During her shifts, Tova befriends Marcellus, a sharp-witted but irritable giant Pacific octopus who observes far more than the humans around him realize. Though he has little interest in helping his captors, Marcellus forms an unlikely bond with Tova, one that stirs his instincts and his memories.
Piece by piece, Marcellus uncovers the truth about the night Erik disappeared. And with time running out, he is determined to reveal what he knows, using every ounce of cleverness his old invertebrate body can manage.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a tender reminder that facing the past, no matter how painful, can open the door to a future once thought out of reach.
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott
Crafted over many years by legendary music producer Rick Rubin, The Creative Act distills the profound insights he’s used to help artists access their deepest creative potential. In this beautifully composed work, Rubin offers that same hard-won wisdom to all of us—an invitation to reconnect with the source of our creativity and approach life itself as an art form.
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