Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Sara Gruen
• Title: Water for Elephants
• Publisher: ‎ Algonquin Books; First Edition (March 1, 2011)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Deckle Edge – 335 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1565124995
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1565124998
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. Jacob introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus' animal trainer); and to Rosie, a seemingly untrainable elephant.

Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.

About the Author:

Sara Gruen, born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1969, has dual American and Canadian citizenship. She grew up in London, Ontario and earned her undergraduate degree in English literature at Carleton University in Ottawa. After living in Ottawa for ten years after graduation, Gruen moved to the United States for a technical writing job.

Laid off two years later, she wrote her first novel, Riding Lessons. Like Water for Elephants, her international bestseller, was adapted into a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson.

Gruen's awards include the Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Fiction and Friends of American Literature Adult Fiction Award. She lives in North Carolina.