TY - BOOK AU - Gruen,Sara TI - Water for elephants SN - 9781444715989 AV - PS3607 .R696 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Two Roads KW - Circus KW - Fiction KW - Orphans KW - Depressions KW - 1929 KW - United States KW - Cirque KW - Romans, nouvelles, etc KW - Crises �economiques KW - �Etats-Unis KW - cct KW - History KW - fast KW - 1919-1933 KW - Histoire N2 - Orphaned, penniless, Jacob Jankowski jumps a freight train in the dark, and in that instant, transforms his future. By morning, he's landed a job with the Flying Squadron of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he's in love. In an America made colourless by prohibition and the Depression, the circus is a refuge of sequins and sensuality. But behind the glamour lies a darker world, where both animals and men are dispensable. Where falling in love is the most dangerous act of all ER -