Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen SIGNED! [FIRST EDITION] 2006

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

FIRST EDITION / SECOND PRINTING [2006] ALGONQUIN BOOKS

*Title page has been signed by author, Sara Gruen.

Book is in excellent condition.  Dust jacket has some light shelf wear to edges.  Book itself is like new. 

An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons. 

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. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.