Water for elephants
Subtitle: a novel
By: Sara Gruen
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781741752953
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Circus; Fiction; Human-animal relationships; Depressions
Description: When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned, jumps onto a passing train, he enters the world of a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after town. A veterinary student, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus animals. 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. And he meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.