Bookclub-in-a-Box Presents: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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This companion guide is built for reading groups discussing Sara Gruen's novel, which is set against the hardships of circus life during the Depression. Its narrator is a man in his nineties who looks back on those years, recalling both the cruelty and the wonder he found under the big top, including the animals and performers he came to know. Gruen moves between that past and his present in a nursing home. The guide examines the novel's themes and symbols, its style, and background on the writer, and it considers how the story of aging and the circus life of youth connect. It is written as a practical tool for conversations about the book.
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