Water for Elephants
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Price:
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$16.50
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On Sale:
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29/03/2007
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Formats:
Trade PB
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The runaway international bestseller by “the must-read author
of summer” (Ottawa Citizen)
Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob
Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train—and
inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins
Water for Elephants,
Sara Gruen’s darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the
less-than-greatest show on earth.
Jacob finds a place
tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrainable elephant named
Rosie. He also comes to know Marlena, the star of the equestrian act—and wife of
August, a charismatic but cruel animal trainer. Caught between his love for
Marlena and his need to belong in the crazy family of travelling performers,
Jacob is freed only by a murderous secret that will bring the big top down.
Water for Elephants
is an enchanting page-turner, the kind of book that creates a world that engulfs
you from the first page to the last. A national bestseller in Canada and a
New York Times bestseller in the United States, this is a book destined to
become a beloved fiction classic.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Water for Elephants
“Dazzling. . . . Unforgettable.”
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Edmonton Journal
“An arresting new novel [that] resembles
stealth hits like The Giant’s House or The
Lovely Bones, books that combine outrageously
whimsical premises with crowdpleasing
romanticism. With a showman’s
expert timing, [Gruen] saves a terrific
revelation for the final pages, transforming
a glimpse of Americana into an enchanting
escapist fairy tale.”
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The New York Times Book Review
“Marvellous . . . compelling. . . .
A gripping story.”
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The Vancouver Sun
“Rich and surprising.”
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People
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Water for Elephants
From the acclaimed author of Riding Lessons and Flying Changes comes the beautifully written story of a dangerous romance. Jacob Jankowski, a young man suddenly adrift at the height of the Depression, enters the world of a second-rate circus struggling to survive through one-night stands in town...
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