Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones · 2007
Where to buy
Amazon’s price changes daily, so the most accurate place to see it is there, at the moment you buy.
View on AmazonAbout the book
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
Book details
- Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Editions
- 35
- Reader rating
- 3.6 / 5 (52)
- Pages
- 418
- ISBN
- 9780340962725
Data source: Wikidata
More by Sara Gruen
