03409cam a2200673 4500 1849023306 TxAuBib 20250109120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593830468 0593830466 32ced748-ada4-4525-b57f-c8a768099ec2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11011880 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Knight, Emma. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus [Libby] : A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel. Penguin Publishing Group, 2025. family. relationships. Friendship. literary fiction. motherhood. romance. parenting. book club. Fiction. novels. Saga. Coming of age. love story. women. Drama. Women's Fiction. Modern. Chick Lit. fiction books. book club recommendations. romance books. romance novels. books for women. gifts for women. book club books. relationship books. gifts for her. realistic fiction books. women gifts. books fiction. read with jenna. jenna bush hager book club. jenna book club. jenna bush hager book club list. jenna bush book club. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON <i>TODAY</i><br /> “A spellbinding debut about friendship, motherhood, first love, and the choices that bind us. . . I couldn't put it down!” <i>—</i>Carley Fortune, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>This Summer Will Be Different</i><br /> A witty, atmospheric, and brilliantly told novel that offers compelling portraits of womanhood, motherhood and female friendship, along with the irresistible intrigue surrounding an extraordinary British family</b><br /> Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she’ll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father’s—now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox—lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord Lennox’s centuries-old estate with his enveloping, fascinating family, Pen begins to unravel her parents’ secret, just as she’s falling in love for the first time . . .<br /> As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthood, she comes to rely on herself for the first time in her life. A rich and rewarding novel of campus life, of sexual awakening, and ultimately, of the many ways women can become mothers in this world, <i>The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus</i> asks to what extent we need to look back in order to move forward. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-01-08 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=32ced748-ada4-4525-b57f-c8a768099ec2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)