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Water for Elephants (Reprint) (Paperback)

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Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Jacob Jankowski, 90 years old and living in a nursing home, tells how, orphaned and penniless during the Great Depression, he became an animal trainer in a circus. In his days with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, he falls in love with the beautiful performer Marlena--and also with the delightful Rosie the elephant.

  • Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres, Juvenile Fiction
  • Subgenre: Love + Relationships + Sex, Nature + Animals, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Society + Social Issues, Arts + Entertainment, General
  • Publisher: Algonquin Books
  • Pages: 350
  • Edition: Reprint
  • Language: English
  • Format: paperback
  • Release Date: May 1, 2007
  • Date Published: May 1, 2007
  • Author: Sara Gruen
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  • Online Item #: 11337184
  • Store Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-1322
  • ISBN: 9781565125605
  • Item can be gift wrapped.
  • Made in the USA or Imported

Reviewer: Stephen King, (Entertainment Weekly)

"For pure story, this colorful, headlong tale of Depression-era circus simply can't be beat. Heroes, villains, romance, a wild-animal stampede Big fun from page 1."

"Gruen skillfully humanizes the midgets, drunks, rubes and freaks who populate her book."

Book Subgenre : Love + Relationships + Sex, Nature + Animals, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Society + Social Issues, Arts + Entertainment, General
Item Type - Electronics. : Books
Edition : Reprint
Pages : 350
Format : paperback
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Language : english
Book Genre : Fiction + Literature Themes, Fiction + Literature Genres, Juvenile Fiction

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Overall, an enjoyable book. I loved it and everything about it was entertaining. I'd recommend anyone to read it. Best book I've read in a long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This book was amazing!! I enjoyed this book so much that I wanted to read it again right away. It is definitely worth buying!! Very entertaining and a neat new idea for a new story!!

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This book hooked me from page one. I was at a friend's house and I saw it on her coffee table, picked it up, read five pages and immediately had to go get my own copy (as she wasn't done reading it yet). I FLEW through this book and would recommend it to anyone (and in fact I already have). It has everything one could want in a story; humor, aching sadness, thrills, love, and a final twist that will leave you flabbergasted for days. READ THIS BOOK! Enjoy :)

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I bought this book a few days ago and I finished it in 3 days (reading it off and on when I had time). It is an amazing story! I promise you- you wont be dissappointed. It does however have a little sexual content. [...], Other than that the book was awesome.

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