TY - BOOK AU - Gruen,Sara TI - Water for elephants: a novel SN - 9781565125605 PY - 2007/// CY - Chapel Hill, N.C. PB - Algonquin Books KW - Circus KW - Fiction KW - Depressions KW - 1929 KW - Circus performers KW - Historical fiction KW - gsafd KW - Love stories N1 - Includes "A conversation with the author" and "Book-group discussion questions." N2 - A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski jumps onto a passing train he enters a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression. A veterinary student, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie ER -