Water for Elephants

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Call Number: Adult BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Gruen, Sara
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

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Compact discs.
Read by David LeDoux and John Randolph Jones.
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, grifters, 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.

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Well done story submitted by LVDS on October 1, 2007, 9:00am More interesting on 'book on CD' to hear the main character in his young and old man voices.Great story of circus & depression with a couple twists. I recommend!!

Awesome story submitted by TLW1998 on July 28, 2019, 8:20pm This is worth listening to.