The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus: A Read with Jenna Pick

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ΓÇ£Undeniably delicious.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöThe New York Times ΓÇ£A spellbinding debut about friendship,motherhoodfirst loveand the choices that bind us. . . I couldn’t put it down!ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöCarley Fortune#1 New York Times bestselling author of This Summer Will Be Different A wittyatmosphericand brilliantly told novel that offers compelling portraits of womanhoodmotherhood and female friendshipalong with the irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first termPen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes sheΓÇÖll find the answer here in Scotlandwhere an old friend of her fatherΓÇÖsΓÇönow a famous writer known as Lord LennoxΓÇölives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord LennoxΓÇÖs centuries-old estate with his envelopingfascinating familyPen begins to unravel her parentsΓÇÖ secretjust as sheΓÇÖs falling in love for the first time . . . As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthoodshe comes to rely on herself for the first time in her life. A rich and rewarding novel of campus lifeof sexual awakeningand ultimatelyof the many ways women can become mothers in this worldThe Life Cycle of the Common Octopus asks to what extent we need to look back in order to move forward.