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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking among adult characters
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate emotional depth: grief, estrangement, and the question of what family means create warm emotional stakes
What this book is about
Tova Sullivan is a recent widow who takes a night cleaning job at a Pacific Northwest aquarium where she befriends Marcellus — a giant Pacific octopus with unusual intelligence and a dry perspective on human affairs. Meanwhile, a young man named Cameron is searching for his biological father. Van Pelt's warm, inventive debut braids these storylines together with genuine humor and emotional depth.
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