WATER FOR ELEPHANTS BY (GRUEN, SARA)[ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL]JAN-1900

Cover Art for 9781443406284, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS BY (GRUEN, SARA)[ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL]JAN-1900 by Sara Gruen
ISBN: 9781443406284
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 1 March, 2011
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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54 other editions of this product

Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train--and inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen's darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest show on earth. Jacob finds a place tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrainable elephant named Rosie. He also comes to know Marlena, the star of the equestrian act--and wife of August, a charismatic but cruel animal trainer. Caught between his love for Marlena and his need to belong in the crazy family of travelling performers, Jacob is freed only by a murderous secret that will bring the big top down. Water for Elephants is an enchanting page-turner, the kind of book that creates a world that engulfs you from the first page to the last. A national bestseller in Canada and a New York Times bestseller in the United States, this is a book destined to become a beloved fiction classic.

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