01617cam a2200265 4500 1261845331 TxAuBib 070907s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007280214 9781565125605 pbk. 1565125606 pbk. (OCoLC)747 JG0 eng JG0 VT2 N$S IAD BDX OCLCF CZL OCLCO WIT TxAuBib Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen. 1st pbk. ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007. 350 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Contains interview with 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. Young Adult. Circus Fiction. Depressions 1929 Fiction. Circus performers Fiction.