Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

LIFE IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR SHOW ON EARTH

Water for Elephants is a great, glorious, big-hearted story set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the great Depression of the early 19302. It's about love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants - or, to be more specific, an elephant, Rosie, star of Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

This story has it all - warmth, humour, poignancy and passion. It has an energy and spirit like the feeling under a big top when the show is about to begin. Water for Elephants will win your heart.