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| Water for Elephants
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Edition: Unabridged
Author: Sara Gruen
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Release Date: 2006-06-01
ISBN-10: 1598870629
ISBN-13: 9781598870626
List Price: $34.95
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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.
Fascinating view of circus life
| Customer Rating: | | I found this book riveting and very informative about life on a circus train during the Depression. The author intersperses flasbacks to circus life with the depressing reality of life in a nursing home. |
Life under the big top
| Customer Rating: | | If you are going to read about elephants, Sara Gruen is the perdect author. Here we are introduced to Rosie the elephant who is being used by a circus that is down on its luck during the depression to regain some measure of credibility. But quickly into the tale we learn that the lovable Rosie has no interest in following any commands given by her trainer. And who would? The director of the side show is cruel and callous and abusive...not only to the animals of the circus, but to his family. But Water for elephants is more than that. We also meet Jacob, a lonely boy who works at the circus. There is the story of the director's wife Marlena and let's not forget Rosie. This is a wonderfully, well-written tale about life under the three rings during the depression. I'd also highly recommend reading The Fates by Georgiou Tino for those who may have missed it. The Fates (classic) |
Fantastic prose!
| Customer Rating: | | Fantastic prose that will pull you in from page one. If I'd only read this before my own attempt to join the circus! |
Book Club Thumbs Up
| Customer Rating: | | The story generated lots of good discussion. The juxtiposition of the main character in youth and old age benefited both story lines, neither of which would have been as compelling without the other. |
Captivating From Beginning To End!
| Customer Rating: | | I thoroughly enjoyed this book. An amazing story, told in an intriguing style - I could not put it down! |
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