Sara Gruen Water for Elephants 2007 Retail EPUB eBook-BitBook

| Water for Elephants |
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| A Novel |
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| DATE: 2013-05-06 SIZE: 2,94MB DISKS: 01_______4,77MB PAGES: |
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| PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books GENRE: Fiction |
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| AUTHOR: Sara Gruen |
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| FORMAT: EPUB PROTECTION: DRM EDITION: |
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| URL: http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Water-Elephants/Gruen-Sara/Q507570334 |
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| LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 9781565125858 |
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: Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob :
: Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young :
: man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini :
: Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with :
: freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with:
: its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of :
: death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living:
: hell. :
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: Jacob was there because his luck had run outΓÇöorphaned and penniless, he had:
: no direction until he landed on this locomotive "ship of fools." It was the:
: early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus :
: was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, :
: was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus :
: boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she :
: was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of :
: the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an actΓÇöin fact, she :
: couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely :
: trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for :
: survival. :
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: Surprising, poignant, and funny, Water for Elephants is that rare novel :
: with a story so engrossing, one is reluctant to put it down; with :
: characters so engaging, they continue to live long after the last page has :
: been turned; with a world built of wonder, a world so real, one starts to :
: breathe its air. :