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Water for Elephants: A Novel

by Sara Gruen

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd | March 29, 2007 | Trade Paperback

The runaway international bestseller by “the must-read author of summer” (Ottawa Citizen)

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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    Rating: 3/5

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    Mariah B

    4 weeks ago

    There's nothing special about this book so I really don't understand all the hype. It's a quick and easy read. The storyline was good but the plot was somewhat flawed. I loved the characters but the romance and suspense aspect of the book was slow and predictable.

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    3 months ago

    Why all the fuss over this book? I found this book had nothing special to offer, in fact I found it a little boring. I liked Sara Gruen description of the circus, she did a wonderful job there, but the characters were boing and the storyline not very believable. For me it was okay at best, I gave it 3 stars because the whole idea of the book was good it was the execution of it that lacked.

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    Rating: 2/5

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    Amanda Wilkins

    3 months ago

    I really didn't find interest in the storyline, nor did I find it in the style of writing. I was disappointed with this novel and found it hard to get through. At time's I found it hard to follow because my mind would often lead elsewhere.

    I really wanted to like this book. The last 1/4 of the book was a bit better, but not enough to want to recommend it to anyone.

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    Rating: 2/5

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    Willa

    5 months ago

    I was excited to read this book because it had been on the best sellers lists for so long, but I was very disappointed. The story is very harsh and has a lot of abusive incidents which are hard to read. The story disturbed me and I did not enjoy it at all.

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The runaway international bestseller by “the must-read author of summer” (Ottawa Citizen)

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.

About the Author

SARA GRUEN was born in Vancouver, lived in London, Ontario, andwent to university in Ottawa. She now lives with her husband and three childrenin a conservation community outside of Chicago. Her fiction debut, RidingLessons, was an international bestseller. Water for Elephants is herthird novel. Visit her website at www.saragruen.com.

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352 Pages, 5.5 x 8.13 x 0.87 in

March 29, 2007

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

English


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