Thursday, January 26, 2012

Shawnte's January Staff Pick


Water For Elephants
Written by Sara Gruen
PS 3607 .R696 W38 2006

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell. This book is filled with both romance and adventure. Great read.

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