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Water for Elephants [Advance Reading Copy]
[Buy it!] | Sara Gruen | USD 26.00
(Thu Jun 6 08:08:19 2024) | Abebooks | Remarks Used Books | ISBN10: 1565124995, ISBN13: 9781565124998, [publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill] Softcover First Edition Advance Reading Copy of uncorrected proof, paperback, of the First Edition, 1st printing, of the acclaimed novel. "When young 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, 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 surprising way to reach her. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford." Bright, clean & tight copy, unread in FINE condition. ARC softcover has sharp corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine, no age toning on pages, a tiny stain on back cover, no jacket as issued. Collectible & quite giftable to a young reader.
[Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006] |
