Historical · Romance
Water for Elephants
A ninety-something man in a care home remembers his youth in the Depression, when he jumped a train and joined a travelling circus as its vet. There he fell for the star performer, married to the volatile ringmaster.
- First published
- 2006
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like historical romance with plenty of circus-life colour and a frank narrator in old age.
Skip this if you do not want to read scenes of animal cruelty and violence.
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