Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel ~ SIGNED & DOODLED TO TITLE PAGE

Van Pelt, Shelby

ISBN 10: 0063204169 / ISBN 13: 9780063204164

Published by Ecco, 2025

About this Item

EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE SIGNED! First edition, third printing. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Ms. Van Pelt directly to the full title page along w/ a hand drawn "Marcellus", the Octopus. NOT inscribed to anyone. NOT a tip in. NOT a bookplate.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today

"Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender." ? Washington Post

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces 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.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1778170610637

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel ~ SIGNED & DOODLED TO TITLE PAGE
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0063204169
• ISBN 13: 9780063204164
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 2.44W x 13.49H x 20.32D centimeters 2.44 centimeters width by 13.49 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.701 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A New York Times Bestseller * A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick

Now a Netflix Film

“Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” —Washington Post

A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces 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.

About the Author

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Shelby Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her
family. Remarkably Bright Creatures, her debut novel, was an instant New York Times bestseller and has been published in thirty-eight countries.