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Water for elephants  Cover Image Book Book

Water for elephants / Sara Gruen.

Gruen, Sara. (Author).

Summary:

Jacob Jankowski, a young man suddenly adrift at the height of the Depression, enters the world of a second-rate circus struggling to survive through one-night stands in town after town. Working in the circus menagerie, Jacob meets Marlena, the beautiful star of the equestrian act, and her husband, August, a charismatic but cruel animal trainer. He also comes to know Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until Jacob finds a way to reach her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780002007771 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 9780006391555
  • ISBN: 0002007770 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 0006391559
  • Physical Description: 335 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins, 2006.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
All Ages.
Subject: Women circus performers > Fiction.
Veterinarians > Fiction.
Elephants > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Manic-depressive persons > Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction.
Circus > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Depressions > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
Circus performers > Fiction.
Genre: Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 18 of 20 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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