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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing trainand inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruens darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest show on earth. Jacob finds a place tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrainable elephant named Rosie. He also comes to know Marlena, the star of the equestrian actand wife of August, a charismatic but cruel animal trainer. Caught between his love for Marlena and his need to belong in the crazy family of traveling performers, Jacob is freed only by a murderous secret that will bring the big top down. Water for Elephants is an enchanting page-turner, the kind of book that creates a world that engulfs you from the first page to the last. A national bestseller in Canada and a New York Times bestseller in the United States, this is a book destined to become a beloved fiction classic. Seller Inventory # 009515
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0006391559xvz189zvxnew
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0006391559-new