Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants

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Read by: David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones

Language: English

Length: 11 hours and 26 minutes

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Release date: 2006-05-24

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SpotifyUS FlagMost Popular - Historical Fiction67September 19, 2024
An atmospheric tale of life and love in a Depression-era traveling circus.

Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. Jacob introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus' animal trainer); and to Rosie, a seemingly untrainable elephant.

Beautifully written, with a luminous sense of time and place, Water for Elephants tells of love in a world in which love's a luxury few can afford.