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In “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus,” a college student balances her new independence while investigating the demise of her parents’ marriage. By Eleanor Dunn Eleanor Dunn is an ...

As his last act, the small but mighty paterfamilias gives an arm and a life to the cause of reproduction. This species of octopus is also known as the paper nautilus (the shell it builds to hold ...

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than any other octopus species. The size record is held by a specimen that was 30 feet across and weighed more than 600 pounds. Averages are ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Knight about debut novel, The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, which takes on the subjects of motherhood, female friendship and first love.

A love story, a mystery and a coming-of-age narrative set in Edinburgh, for fans of Nora Ephron, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Coco Mellors.