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008			080415t2006----nyu-----------000-u-eng-u
020			_a9781594132001
082	1		_aLARP FIC GRU
100	1		_aGruen, Sara
245	1	0	_aWater for elephants _c/ Sara Gruen
260			_aNew York _b: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill _c, c2006.
300			_a559 p.
520	3		_a"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." "Jacob was there because his luck had run out - orphaned 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 act - in 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."--BOOK JACKET.
650		4	_aCircus _v--Fiction
650		4	_aDepressions _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
655		4	_aLove stories
830			_aLarge print books
942			_cMO
999			_c267046 _d267046