Adult Book Discussion
Wed, Apr 29
|Howard City
Time & Location
Apr 29, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Howard City, 117 W Williams St, Howard City, MI 49329, USA
About the Event
Join us for an Adult Book Discussion on Wednesday, Apr. 29 from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Reading Room in the Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library. The April book selection is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Copies are available for checkout.
About the Book
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.…