~BOOK~
TITLE: Water for Elephants
AUTHOR: Sara Gruen
AUTHOR WEBSITE: saragruen.com
GENRE: Literary Fiction
PUBLISHED: Algonquin Books (May 6, 2006)
MY RATING: 4
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~MOVIE~
RELEASED: April 22, 2011
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*Review Published in Connect Statesboro on May 3, 2011*
Told through a flashback by elderly Jacob Jankowski, he recounts the crazy and amazing months he spent with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. When young Jacob learns that his parents have been killed in a car crash he drops out of Cornell veterinary school jumps a train not realizing it is a circus caravan. He is hired as the on-site vet and cares for the menagerie of exotic animals, including an elephant.