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The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Monday, November 25 Facilitator: Dolly Parker Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction *  New York Times  Bestseller * Starred  Booklist  and  Library Journal  Editors’ Spring Pick * A  Huffington Post  Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on  Goodreads * Library Journal  Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s  The Soul of an Octopus  does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s  H Is for Hawk  did for raptors.” — New Statesman , UK “One of the best science books of the year.” — Science Friday , NPR Another  New York Times  bestseller from the author of  The Good Good Pig , this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” ( Daily Beast ) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octo