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Book Review of Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants
Author: Sara Gruen
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Very interesting story from a first person perspective with two time references: first being a young man in a traveling circus in the early 1920-1930's, second being present time of an "90-something" year old man in a nursing home telling his story. As a nurse, I was in tears more times than I wanted to be, hearing from a elderly man's point-of-view of how useless and pride-less he feels living in a nursing home. I have encouraged all of my fellow co-workers to read it simply to remind health care providers that everyone we take care of has a story and are still important.