![]() ![]() “ Water for Elephants resembles stealth hits like The Giant’s House, by Elizabeth McCracken, or The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold, books that combine outrageously whimsical premises with crowd-pleasing romanticism. “Gritty, sensual and charged with dark secrets involving love, murder and a majestic, mute heroine (Rosie the Elephant).” The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, was their only hope for survival. ![]() And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety (or ninety-three, he’s not quite sure), the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. ”Īs a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Heroes, villains, romance, a wild-animal stampede! Big fun from page 1. “For pure story, this colorful, headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can’t be beat. ![]()
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