Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen

Definitely one of the better books I have read.

While Gruen moves us around in time, we always know exactly where we are in the story. This is a real gift. Often when reading other amateur reviews of other books, the confusion over back and forth time lines creeps up often. It simply never happens in this book.

This book chronicles one man's love for a woman, for animals, and for the circus. His loving nature is a stark contrast for the cut-throat world of the old fashioned train circus, and the often brutal men who lived and worked it.