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Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, ©2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781565124998
  • 1565124995
  • 9781442066076
  • 1442066075
  • 9780012255049
  • 0012255041
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Water for elephants.DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3607.R696 W38 2006
NLM classification:
  • Gruen, S
Summary: 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
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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

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