01657cam a2200289 4500 1855636998 TxAuBib 20130131120000.0 070416s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781565125605 1565125606 (OCoLC)123132226 GO3 GO3 YDXCP BAKER LEO BTCTA BW4 TxAuBib Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen. 1st pbk. ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, 2007. 350 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes "A conversation with the author" and "Book-group discussion questions.". A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.--From publisher description. 20130131. Circus Fiction. Depressions 1929 Fiction. Circus performers Fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories.