Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

335 pgs. I know - I'm waaaayyyyy behind on this one. I've had this on my shelf for a few years now and it kept getting passed over for other things. I think subconciously I didn't want to read about the violence against animals that I had heard about. Those scenes were painful but not impossible to get through. I find anything about circus life appealing and while this wasn't my favorite on the subject, I appreciated Gruen's research on the topic and overall it's a fast, good read.