Today co-host Jenna Bush Hager has chosen The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight (Pamela Dorman Books) as her January Read with Jenna book club pick. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is "a novel about a first-year college student in Scotland searching for the answers to her family secrets," Today said.
"This is a book about friendship, motherhood and finding ourselves with mystery and romance at its core. This debut novel will sweep you up your feet."
Knight, who has previously published two cookbooks, said The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus was five years in the making. "I sort of did it in secret and at night, then in the margins of my life, until after my second daughter was born. I just had this realization that you only get one shot at life, and that if I wanted to show these two little girls that they could do anything they wanted, I'd better set an example."
