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Gruen, Sara

Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen - 1st ed - Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, ©2006 - 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description



ISBN: 9781565124998 1565124995 9781442066076 1442066075 9780012255049 0012255041

Standard No.: 9781565124998

Source: Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 708 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10003, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821

LCCN: 2005052700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Circus--Fiction
Depressions--1929--Fiction
Circus performers--Fiction
Parents--Death--Fiction
Elephants--Fiction
Circus animals--Fiction
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction
Love stories
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Romance fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.

LC Class. No.: PS3607.R696 / W38 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.6

National Library of Medicine Call No.: Gruen, S