Water for Elephants: A Novel | Sara Gruen

Water for Elephants: A Novel | Sara Gruen | Gotta read this before you die......

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	Water for Elephants: A Novel Sara Gruen Algonquin Books, 2007 - 350 pages average customer review:based on 1305 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

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Water For Elephants

This is a terrific book. I enjoyed it from first page to last then was sorry it was over. A GREAT read.

Gotta read this before you die......

What a great adventure...one feels like they are right
beside the believable characters under the big tent. This
book has some of the most memorable characters and one
of the wittiest and most satisfying story-lines I have ever
come across. Treat yourself to a great one...read this book!

great read

I loved this little book.......I just wish there had been more! The story grabbed you from the first page, and you just kept reading to find out what else can happen to this guy. The prose was simple, but on the money. It took me to the 1930's and let me live in the depression era for a while. Jacob is not the luckiest of characters, but he is the most interesting! Loved the book.

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Absolutely Fabulous!

Water for Elephants is a fabulous book! I couldn't put it down once I read the first page. It is a great combination of history (the depression years and the circus life)and emotions as you experience the 93 years of a wonderful gentleman's life. I loaned it to my 13 year old grand daughter. I think she'll enjoy the experience, too.

Read it in 3 days

I enjoyed being transported to another time and place. To a vivid, colorful existence long gone. I admit, I expected this book to be fabulous, what with the hoopla and the fact that I saw it front and center for so long every time I went inside any bookstore. The writing wasn't why I gave it five stars, but the story and the research was impeccable.

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