Intergenerational Book Club With Park City High School

In collaboration with Park City High School’s Student Book Club, the Park City Senior Center is proud to announce that we will be hosting a special, one-time book club meeting that will bring the young and old of Park City together. Join PCHS students on Tuesday, May 26th at 3:00 PM for a discussion about Remarkably Bright Creatures, a New York Times bestselling novel whose themes cover the subjects of aging, loss, loneliness, companionship, and healing.

All members of the Park City Senior Center are invited to participate. Participants are encouraged to purchase or check out their own copies of Remarkably Bright Creatures, though a limited number of copies are available for check out at the Senior Center. Please be sure to sign up beforehand at the Senior Center or contact Trason at [email protected]. or (801) 613-2329 to register.

About Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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.