Water for Elephants

Paperback

Condition: Good

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.