num_pages: 12
description: 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. He introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus's animal trainer); and to Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for. 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.
language: English
title: Water for Elephants
titlecomplete: Water for Elephants
characters: Uncle Al, Jacob Jankowski, Camel, Rosemary (Water for Elephants), August (Water for Elephants), Kinko/Walter, Rosie Noah, Marlena L'Arche
genres: Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Audiobook, Historical, Historical Fiction, Book Club, Romance, Adult, Novels
ratings_count: 1578534
places: Joliet, Illinois, Ithaca, New York, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Quill Award
category: General Fiction, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: LovelyBooks Leserpreis
category: Allgemeine Literatur
publisher: Highbridge Audio