01583cam a2200325 i 4500 1481960461 OCoLC 20250508114712.0 241223s2025 nyu 000 1 eng 2024042645 9780593830451 (OCoLC)1481960461 AJM e-uk-st Knight, Emma (Emma L.), author. 19811 The life cycle of the common octopus : a novel / Emma Knight. [New York] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2025] 371 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 . . . As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthood, she comes to rely on herself for the first time in her life. College students Fiction. 8478 Family secrets Fiction. 657 Best friends Fiction. 10340 Friendship Fiction. 6920 Scotland Fiction. 15717 .b207475003 ddc BOOK 30602 30602 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-05-06 29.00 2 KNIG 40344 2025-09-12 2025-08-29 2025-08-29 2025-05-06 BOOK 1