01139cam a2200253 4500 366808660 TxAuBib 20131025120000.0 070907s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007280214 9781565125605 pbk. $13.95 1565125606 pbk. $13.95 DLC DLC GO3 YDXCP BAKER LEO BTCTA RMC WNE IXA UBY XY4 GACCL IGP NMM KEC KKJ TxAuBib Gruen, Sara. Water for elephants : a novel / Sara Gruen. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007. 350 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Contains interview with author and book-group discussion questions. Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope. 20131025. Depressions Fiction. Circus Fiction. Circus performers Fiction.