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Jacob, a veterinary student now unable to finish his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. He meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer.
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- Sara Gruen
May 22, 2006 · Sara Gruen. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.
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- Sara Gruen
May 26, 2006 · Water for Elephants is the story of Jacob's life with this circus. Sara Gruen spares no detail in chronicling the squalid, filthy, brutish circumstances in which he finds himself. The animals are mangy, underfed or fed rotten food, and abused.
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- Sara Gruen
Water for Elephants is a 2006 historical romance novel by Canadian–American author Sara Gruen. The novel is set in a 20th-century circus. Gruen wrote the book as part of the National Novel Writing Month. [1][2] A film adaptation was released in 2011, while a stage musical began presentations in 2023 and opened on Broadway in spring 2024. Plot.
- Sara Gruen
- 2006
Apr 14, 2011 · Buy Water for Elephants by Gruen, Sara (ISBN: 9781444716009) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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May 26, 2006 · Buy Water for Elephants: A Novel by Gruen, Sara from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
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The runaway international bestseller and beloved fiction classic. Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a...
