Grief is Not the End

 Argonauta Book Club is reading Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.  I finished it in two days!  Yes, it's an easy read, but it's much more.  The characterization hooked me.  Grief is the glue that holds the characters together.  There's Tova, whose husband has recently died.  But she is still grieving over her only son's death, from 30 years, ago.  She is now alone and wondering about living alone.  

Cameron is another major character.  He is still grieving over his mother, who took off when he was a child.  He never knew his father.  I guess he is constantly grieving the fact that he never had a normal childhood.

Lest I forget, Marcellus, the Octopus.  The star of the story.  He's the fulcrum.  Both Tova and Cameron are maintenance workers, in Marcellus' aquarium. The story is how they are related.  Marcellus manages a revelation.  

Everyone moves on.  Grief is dealt with, understood, and even embraced.  Life is what you make it, and grief is not the end.