Friday Morning Book GroupFriday November 2, 2018
9:30 AM until 11:30 AM
Historical Fiction: The U.S. & Great Britain
New members & drop ins always welcome Refreshments served!
Copies in various formats available 2 weeks prior to meeting.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 2006
Jacob Jankowski is a student at Cornell University with a promising future in veterinary medicine. That all changes when his parents are killed in a car accident. Grieving and unable to pay his college tuition, Jacob leaves school and joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, a traveling circus. Jacob's job is to care for the animals in the circus menagerie, a task made more difficult by the abuses heaped upon the creatures by the circus's boss, August. Jacob forms a close relationship with an elephant, Rosie, whom he strives to protect from August. He also falls in love with August's lovely, abused wife Marlena. This atmospheric tale is based on actual circus stories and is documented with historical circus photographs.Books & Authors
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