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May 22, 2006 · Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. 4.11. 1,618,178 ratings62,627 reviews. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.
Water for Elephants made its world premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre in summer 2023. The work tells the story of a man who runs away from his life, only to find himself caught up in a...
Water for Elephants is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Sara Gruen. The film stars Reese Witherspoon , Robert Pattinson , Christoph Waltz , and Hal Holbrook .
May 26, 2006 · by Sara Gruen (Author) 4.4 4,645 ratings. See all formats and editions. Over 10,000,000 copies in print worldwide. #1 New York Times Bestseller. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A Wall Street Journal Bestseller. A Newsday Favorite Book of 2006. A USA Today Bestseller.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is a novel about an old man in the early 21st Century whose memory of his youth in the 1930s as a veterinarian in a circus is triggered when a circus mounts close to the nursing home where he lives.
Apr 22, 2011 · Oct 11, 2022. Rated: 2/5 • Mar 8, 2022. Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student, is close to graduating when a terrible tragedy forces him to leave school. With nowhere else to ...
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Summaries. Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way. After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless.
