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EAN: 9780739474976 ISBN: 0739474979 Label: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Manufacturer: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Number Of Pages: 335 Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Studio: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Sales Rank: 161679 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - the life of a circus"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen, © 2006 Ms. Gruen writes an odd story. It is really two stories in one. The main one is of an almost veterinarian, Jacob Jankowski, who becomes caught up in the life of a circus. It is a romance: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back (whoopee). In the afterword the author explains that she was wanting to do a story about the photographer of circus', but she got caught up in all the rest of the circus history and it became this book. ... Read More Rating:  - Fun Fiction About the Big Top of YesteryearCleverly placed in the backdrop of the romantic but hard times of the Great Depression's wake [1931], this novel describes the weirder world in a stranger time in the not-so-common confines of a circus family. Gruen found a topic and made it extremely fun to read. This reader likes stories, and the author either created or embellished great stories of circus folklore [reader Author's Note at end]. And, amid the story there is a common group of guys who are the comedy which ... Read More Rating: - Astonishing DetailsThe descriptive language in this unbelievably well researched book is amazing. The story transports the reader onto a circus train. It might be easy to dismiss this as a story too odd to get interested in, but it's not. Just pick it up and find yourself lost. Browse for similar items by category: 
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