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Water for elephants : a novel

著者： Sara Gruen
出版商： Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, ©2006.
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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  再读一些...
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类型/形式： Love stories
Historical fiction
Fiction
附加的形体格式： Online version:
Gruen, Sara.
Water for elephants.
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books, c2006
(OCoLC)607500393
材料类型： 小说
文件类型： 书
所有的著者/提供者： Sara Gruen
ISBN: 9781565125605 1565125606 1565124995 9781565124998 1442066075 9781442066076
OCLC号码： 61362217
描述： 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
责任： Sara Gruen.
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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.--From publisher description.

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Good except the ending

评论者是 standish (公布的WorldCat用户 2011-04-08) 尚可 Permalink

I really enjoyed this story until the very end. I want to be very careful not to spoil, so I'll leave it at that. This was the best of Ms. Gruen's offerings and I recommend this for adults and children 14 and up. Very well researched topic and quite believable.

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Water for elephants

评论者是 judo (公布的WorldCat用户 2006-09-13) 很好 Permalink
It's funny. It's sad. He's 91 (or maybe 93) and in a nursing home. He's grumpy, grumpy, grumpy. But not as grumpy as the others living there, so he thinks. He's young, and getting a job in a circus during the Depression. Life is hard, the living is hard, the working is hard, the loving is hard. In the...
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Debut by Gruen is a Winner

评论者是 saxton (公布的WorldCat用户 2006-09-29) 极好 Permalink
Sometimes you pick up a book just because the title grabs you. This was the case with Water for Elephants. Told in flashbacks by 90, or perhaps 93 year old, Jacob Jankowski, nursing home resident, this debut by Gruen is a keeper and one you'll want to share with others. Young Jacob is studying to be...
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