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Also by Sara Gruen:

At The Water's Edge, April 2015
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Ape House, September 2010
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Water For Elephants, April 2007
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Water for Elephants, May 2006
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WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
By: Sara Gruen

Algonquin Books
April 2007
On Sale: April 9, 2007
Featuring: Jacob Jankowski
350 pages
ISBN: 1565125606
EAN: 9781565125605
Paperback
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Fiction

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer.

And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

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