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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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This reminds me of the best of John Irving's books, in that the characters are so colorful and layered that the book skates by and before you know it, it's done and you're wishing there was more. I appreciated the perspective of 90 (or 93?) year old Jacob looking back at events that are so foreign to most of us that the only place we can live them is in books.