01580cam a2200313 4500 547119038 TxAuBib 20100322120000.0 070801t20072006||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005052700 9781565124998 1565124995 DLC DLC DLC TJT TxAuBib Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants : a novel / by Sara Gruen. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books, 2007. ©2006. 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. 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. 20100322. New York Times Best Sellers, 2006. Circus Fiction. Depressions Fiction. Circus performers Fiction. Love stories. Historical fiction. TXKDM