Remarkably Bright Creatures SIGNED FIRST EDITION

New York: Ecco, 2022. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/good +. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink, with doodle of Marcellus the octopus, at special publisher's page. Publisher issued sticker on dust jacket states signed first edition, with full number line indicating first printing on copyright page, but New York Times Bestseller statement on front panel of dust jacket indicates later issue. Likely a first printing in later dust jacket, as issued by the publisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 360pp. Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket, with rippling to front panel from exposure to moisture and faint dampstain to verso of front panel, as well as mild rubbing and bumping to extremities. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Mild bumping to extremities, particularly to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm and sound. 5" X 1 1/4" rectangular cut to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. An admittedly worn but presentable signed first of Shelby Van Pelt's beloved, New York Times Bestselling debut novel, now a Netflix film starring Sally Field.

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"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.(Publisher).