Remarkably Bright Creatures

　　跨越物種的深厚友誼，能夠擊碎寂寞的枷鎖
　　一個失去摯愛的女人心中難解的謎底，竟握在一隻深海章魚的觸手裡…
 
　　自從Tova Sullivan的先生去世後，她便來到水族館當大夜班的打掃阿姨。維持忙碌是她一貫逃離傷痛的辦法，至少從30年前，18歲的兒子Erik在美國西岸海上失蹤後，她便一直如此。選擇水族館還有另一個理由，Tova喜歡跟這些水生動物「對話」，特別是一隻名為Marcellus的深海大章魚。但章魚本魚其實非常地怕人類，總是躲起來，一直到某次Tova發現牠在水槽外，救牠回水中後，一人一章魚才真正搭起友好的交流。
 
　　你很難想像一隻章魚能知道多少事，但Marcellus真的懂很多很多，包括Tova兒子30年前失蹤的真相。為了回報這段友誼，Marcellus決定要運用全身所有觸手，努力表達事實真相給Tova，希望這一切還不會太晚…
 
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　　"Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing."-- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

　　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.