When jacob jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a secondrate circus struggling to survive during the great depression, making onenight stands in town. Water for elephants is a historical novel by sara gruen, written as part of national novel writing. At the end of the book, when the nesci brothers swoop in and try to steal. A novel and millions of other books are available for. Marlena works with eleven horses on a routine shown under the big top. An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of starcrossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of riding lessons. A thousand splendid suns, memory keepers daughter, etc. On our first date, my husband took me to see tod brownings freaks, a 1932 horror film with a distinctly diane arbus feel that takes a.
August marlenas husband and the head animal trainer. I decided to not watch the movie when i heard it was coming out simply because i didnt want to possibly ruin the experience id had with the book if the movie wasnt uptopar. The book is stuffed with authentic, largely forgotten details about life during the depression. Gruens own menageriewhich she shares with her husband and three. I watched the filmmovie titled water for elephants before reading the book. She lives in western north carolina with her husband and three sons, along with their dogs, cats, horses, birds, and the worlds fussiest goat. He also falls in love with marlena, one of the shows star performersa romance complicated by marlenas husband, the unbalanced, sadistic. Marlena ran away from home to join the circus and married august, the head animal trainer. Water for elephants is a rich surprise, a delightful gem springing from a fascinating footnote to history that absolutely deserved to be mined. Water for elephants is one of my most favorite books. Water for elephants is a historical novel by sara gruen, written as part of national novel writing month. I hate being so enamored with a book and then a crappy movie version comes along and tarnishes it.
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