Summary Of Water For Elephant By Sara Gruen

Over the last couple of weeks, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It is about a dropout veterinary student who hopped on a train and wound up falling in love with his schizophrenic boss’s wife. A neat aspect was how they had an elderly version of Jacob, the main character, in a nursing home remembering and dreaming about his time with the circus, and how it would go from present to the past. Throughout the book, it made me think of how the circus was put together and how hard the times were in the middle of The Great Depression era.This book leaves you on the edge of your seat with the descriptions that Gruen portrayed. I enjoyed this book, because I like history and it took place in the 1930’s,