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Water for Elephants: A Novel
[Buy it!] | Gruen, Sara | USD 10.24
(Sat Jun 1 05:10:54 2024) | AbebooksUK | Terry Blowfield | ISBN10: 1565124995, ISBN13: 9781565124998, [publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA] Hardcover First Edition Published by Algonquiin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA in 2006. Hardcover. 1st edition (noted on inside page). Book condition: Very Good. 3/4 burgundy boards with 1/4 pinkish board and to sine with gilt titles. Inside serrated pages are in good order. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Jacket has a small tear on the top of the spine. See photograph. Dims: 240mm x 160mm x 31mm. 336 pages. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Award for Most Popular Book. An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, 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.Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.
[Norwich, NORFO, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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