@article{352166,
      recid = {352166},
      author = {Gruen, Sara.},
      title = {Water for elephants : a novel /},
      publisher = {Algonquin Books,},
      address = {Chapel Hill, N.C. :},
      pages = {335 p. :},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world  circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and  suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a  world of freaks, grifters, 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.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/352166},
}