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Wonderfully written with unique characters, Water for Elephants opens as the lead character recalls in old age the transformative events of youth. Orphaned suddenly just as he was preparing to join his father's veterinary practice, our "hero" runs off and through a series of coincidences, joins the circus. A great look at the itinerant life of the Depression-era traveling show, the hierarchy of performer vs. roustabout, and the animals who may be more humane than their keepers.
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