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SUMMARY:Norwich Area Book Club: The Soul of an Octopus
DESCRIPTION:Want to meet other book enthusiasts in Norwich? This book club features reads related to personal growth and experience. Join us in September to read "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery.\n\n \n\nFrom the jacket: "In pursuit of the wild\, solitary\, predatory octopus\, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico\, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities gentle Athena\, assertive Octavia\, curious Kali\, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan\; jetting water to bounce balls\; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple "sleights of hand" to get food.\n\n \n\nScientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs\, birds\, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal's color-changing techniques. With her "joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures" (Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick)\, Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny\, entertaining\, touching\, and profound\, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds."\n\n \n\nThe first 10 people to register will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the book.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Want to meet other book enthusiasts in Norwich? This book club features reads related to personal growth and experience. Join us in September to read &quot\;The Soul of an Octopus&quot\; by Sy Montgomery.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nFrom the jacket: &quot\;In pursuit of the wild\, solitary\, predatory octopus\, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico\, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities&mdash\;gentle Athena\, assertive Octavia\, curious Kali\, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan\; jetting water to bounce balls\; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple &ldquo\;sleights of hand&rdquo\; to get food.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nScientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs\, birds\, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal&rsquo\;s color-changing techniques. With her &ldquo\;joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures&rdquo\; (Library Journal Editors&rsquo\; Spring Pick)\, Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny\, entertaining\, touching\, and profound\, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.&rdquo\;<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nThe first 10 people to register will be able to pick up a complimentary copy of the book.
LOCATION:Westside Branch 444 West Main Street\, Norwich\, CT
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DTSTAMP:20260409T073809Z
URL:http://public.oceanchamber.org/events/details/norwich-area-book-club-the-soul-of-an-octopus-39522
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