Tova is a 70-year-old widow grieving the recent death of her husband and the disappearance and presumed death of her son more than 30 years ago. At its core, this is a relationship story, and remarkably, a key relationship is with Marcellus … a giant Pacific octopus living in a Washington State aquarium. The storyline sometimes come perilously close to the plot of a soap opera (there is a happy ending, after all) but remains a charming and witty story.
What David Read 