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Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

by David LeDoux, Sara Gruen, John Randolph Jones
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About this book

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. He introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus's animal trainer); and to Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for. Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.

Book Details

ISBN13 9781598870626
ISBN10 1598870629
Series/Work OL5813796W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Highbridge Audio
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Artistas Circo Circus Circus animals circus performers collectionID:bannedbooks collectionID:EanesChallenge Crisis económicas Cuentos de amor Death depression era Depressions elephants Ficción Fiction Fiction, historical Fiction, historical, general Fiction, romance, historical Great Depression, 1929-1939 historical

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