{"product_id":"water-for-elephants-9780340962725","title":"Water for Elephants","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON AND \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A FILM STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND ROBERT PATTINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Great story, loads of fun; hard to put down.'' STEPHEN KING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Great Depression, 1929. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and utterly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits in the \u003cb\u003eBenzini Brothers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMost Spectacular Show on Earth: \u003c\/b\u003ea second-rate \u003cb\u003etravelling circus\u003c\/b\u003e struggling to survive by making one-night stands in town after endless town.  Jacob, a veterinary student now unable to finish his degree, is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. He meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets\u003cb\u003e Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminated by a wonderful sense of time and place,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI loved \u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Sara Gruen. \u003cb\u003eGreat story, loads of fun; hard to put down.\u003c\/b\u003e So what if the heroine weighs 2500 pounds? * Stephen King *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is\u003cb\u003e fun, sweet and thrilling\u003c\/b\u003e and will pull you into the mysterious life of the circus so far that \u003cb\u003eyou won't want to leave.\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eGruen's portrait of this world is \u003cb\u003esatisfyingly rich and outlandish\u003c\/b\u003e... Any reader of this \u003cb\u003einspiring \u003c\/b\u003enovel (written in only a month) will be immersed in circus life; \u003cb\u003eblinded by the thrilling, fatal dazzle of sequins and sawdust\u003c\/b\u003e. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eGruen brilliantly conjures up the whole brouhaha of herding punters into the temporary magic of the big top, and the harsh economic reality of sustaining the show. Both \u003cb\u003eexotic and erotic\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003efilled with colour and passion\u003c\/b\u003e but is also charged with an elegiac sense of loss for an entire way of life. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eThere is \u003cb\u003ea tender story of first love, of murder, mayhem and animal and human brutality,\u003c\/b\u003e of hucksters, whores and the general hoopla created when the circus rolls into town ... This book is \u003cb\u003eevery bit the fabulous escapist entertainment that the big top once was.\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Express *\u003cbr\u003eYou are so immersed in circus life that you are completely blinded by the \u003cb\u003ethrilling\u003c\/b\u003e, fatal dazzle of sequins and sawdust. * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eTrust us, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is going to be one of the surprise hits of 2011. Sara Gruen's very readable novel is \u003cb\u003ea story of impossible love set in the circus world during the 1930s \u003c\/b\u003eand is set to be made into a blockbuster film starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon. You heard it here first. * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of my favourite reads\u003c\/b\u003e last year. It was \u003cb\u003eso cinematic\u003c\/b\u003e I just knew there would have to be a Hollywood movie. . . . Star of both the book and the movie is Rosie the elephant who is more intelligent and photogenic than any other member of the cast. And that's saying something because the two main human stars are the impossibly beautiful Reese Witherspoon and Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson * The Sun *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most magical, haunting novel \u003c\/b\u003eI've read in the past few years. * Daisy Waugh, Tatler *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLovely and mesmerising.\u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003emasterpiece of storytelling\u003c\/b\u003e is a book about what animals can teach people about love. * Susan Cheever *\u003cbr\u003eThe ending gives you a lift and shows that \u003cb\u003egood triumphs over evil.\u003c\/b\u003e * Epoch Times *\u003cbr\u003eDefinitely worth catching up with if you've missed it so far. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a \u003cb\u003eromantic \u003c\/b\u003estory that's set in an \u003cb\u003eevocatively rendered\u003c\/b\u003e era. * Heat *\u003cbr\u003eThe writing conjures up the smells and sounds of the circus, the \u003cb\u003eexcitement \u003c\/b\u003eand the \u003cb\u003emagic\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as the rather tawdry seediness and the both casual and overt brutality . . . The \u003cb\u003edelightful, fairy-tale ending left me smiling for days \u003c\/b\u003eat the imagery conjured up by it. * New Books *\u003cbr\u003eGorgeous, brilliant and superbly plotted, \u003cb\u003eI am unabashedly in love with this book\u003c\/b\u003e * Joshilyn Jackson, author of GODS IN ALABAMA *\u003cbr\u003eGreat! * Giffords Circus *\u003cbr\u003eAn imaginative modern fairy story,\u003cb\u003e teeming with eccentric characters\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllow yourself to be carried away\u003c\/b\u003e by this vibrant and superbly written book * Daily Express *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733625188695,"sku":"9780340962725","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340962725.jpg?v=1720000900","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/water-for-elephants-9780340962725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}