Water for Elephants: A Novel | Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants: A Novel | Sara Gruen | Beautiful

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	Water for Elephants: A Novel Sara Gruen Algonquin Books, 2007 - 350 pages average customer review:based on 1414 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Winner!

This novel was an adventure that never got bogged down or boring. It was simply the best novel I've ever read. A three ring circus that kept the reader enchanted from beginning to end with characters that were fascinating

Beautiful

This is a beautifully written novel. I gave it to my dad two Christmases ago, and meant to borrow it for myself, but kept forgetting. I finally put it on hold (still in high demand) at my local library and had my chance at reading.

The story wraps you up and brings you to it's world. It has been a little while since I read it, and I don't like giving out specifics, but I cannot find fault with this book.

I highly recommend it b/c it will remain on your mind for weeks after reading it and you'll be glad you got to know the characters and their stories.

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Something for everyone!

This tale flips back and forth from an elderly man's plight at a nursing home to his memories of his days as a vet for a depression era circus. Both stories are richly detailed, well told and make you ache in your bones with compassion for the characters. I couldn't put it down!

A Wonderful Tale

I've had this book for two years and only just read it last week. Why did I wait so long??? This truely is a gem. You feel like you know all the characters, and the ones you don't know so well are introduced with enough hints and inuendos that you can easily imagine their colorful pasts. I fell in love with the elephant. She brought a wonderfully odd twist to the story.
And as for the author, I was half way through the book before I paid attention to the jacket picture and realised that it was a female. She wrote exactly as a man would tell the story. The elderly Jacob was perfectly portrayed. She has obviously been around very old people and knows how they act and react to all kinds of situations.
I truely did not want the story to end.

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Unlike Any Other Book I've Read

I loved this book. There's nothing gimmicky or cloying about it. It's an odd, fabulously detailed, intriguing story about a time and place totally unfamiliar to me. It's beautifully written and has wonderful, unforgettable characters.

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