Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen......Highly recommend!

I recently finished reading the book "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen.
A circus, an elephant, a complicated love story, and memories...lots of memories.

This book is a real page turner, I couldn't put it down. It had been a long time since I've wanted to actually finish a book. Water for Elephants did it for me.

It's the story of the recently orphaned Jacob, who finds himself on a traveling circus. Here he encounters a whole new way of life that is absolutely fascinating. The story is articulated by the the elderly Jacob who is "either ninety or ninety-three". Throughout the book, we see glimpses of young Jacob at the circus, and elderly Jacob at his retirement home. It was an amazing ride, you get a vivid image of life in the circus, I read that the author did extensive research on traveling circuses.

A fun read, with all the right ingredients for a keeper.