Sara Gruen

Source: steinbockfrau.wordpress.com --- 11 days ago
I bet you think that I frequent libraries since I am a librarian. This would be a logical assumption, but a wrong one. Even though I live a mile from the gorgeous main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, I rarely go there. In the past, the only times I entered its hollowed halls was [...] ...

Source: www.boston.com --- 4 days ago
1. Bridge of Sighs By Richard Russo. Vintage. 2. Run By Ann Patchett. Harper Perennial. 3. Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 4. The Yiddish Policemen�s Union By Michael Chabon. Harper. 5. Second Chance By... ...

Source: www.boston.com --- 28 days ago
1. In the Woods By Tana French. Penguin. 2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union By Michael Chabon. Harper. 3. Second Chance By Jane Green. Plume. 4. The Last Summer (of You and Me) By Ann Brashares. Riverhead. 5. Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 6. On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan. Anchor. 7. Out Stealing Horses By Per Petterson. Picador. 8. The Friday Night Knitting Club By Kate Jacobs. Berkley. 9. The Road By Cormac McCarthy. Vintage. 10. The Maytrees By Annie Dillard. Harper Perennial. Source: Boston area bookstores ...

Source: www.boston.com --- 20 days ago
1. Run By Ann Patchett. Harper Perennial. 2. The Road By Cormac McCarthy. Vintage. 3. Twilight By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown. 4. Second Chance By Jane Green. Plume. 5. Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 6. The Last Summer (of You and Me) By Ann Brashares. Riverhead. 7. Away By Amy Bloom. Random House. 8. In the Woods By Tana French. Penguin. 9. Out Stealing Horses By Per Petterson. Picador. 10. The Friday Night Knitting Club By Kate Jacobs. Berkley. Source: Boston area bookstores ...

Source: www.boston.com --- 33 days ago
1. In the Woods By Tana French. Penguin. 2. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union By Michael Chabon. Harper. 3. Second Chance By Jane Green. Plume. 4. The Last Summer (of You and Me) By Ann Brashares. Riverhead. 5. Water for Elephants By Sara Gruen. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 6. On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan. Anchor. 7. Out Stealing Horses By Per Petterson. Picador. 8. The Friday Night Knitting Club By Kate Jacobs. Berkley. 9. The Road By Cormac McCarthy. Vintage. 10. The Maytrees By Annie Dillard. HarperCollins Perennial. Source: Boston area bookstores ...

Source: www.usingenglish.com --- 5 days ago
Hi, I am writing a paper on a book I read for school and would greatly appreciate any help. The sentence in question-"Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen, is the story of Jacob Jakowski, a college student who finds himself alone and running from his troubled life and as the veterinarian for the Benzini Brothers circus." just doesn't seem right to me and I was wondering if I need more commas or if there is a better way to word this. Also, can you help me understand when commas and semi colons should be used and when to get rid of the word 'and'? Thanks for your help! ...

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Source: www.milforddailynews.com --- 18 days ago
The trustees and staff of the Milford Town Library cordially invite members of the community to join us for a welcome reception for Director Susan Edmonds on Friday, Sept. 5, from 3-6 p.m., in the Granite and Quarry rooms. Light refreshments will be served. Wild Reads summer reading program winds down Students may bring their summer reading logs to the Children's Department today for a certificate indicating they registered and participated in the Wild Reads program. All those collecting certificates will automatically be entered in raffles for some cool prizes. Certificates will be given out throughout September, but ideally should be picked up before the first day of school. These certificates along with the completed story maps should be brought to school on the first day of classes, Aug. 26. Reading lists for Milford and other area schools are available at the library and are also posted at www.milfordtownlibrary.org with a link to the school Web site. For additional information, please call the youth services department at 508-473-2146, ext. 216. Senior Book Group The Senior Book Group will discuss Sara Gruen's "Here if you Need Me: A Memoir," by Kate Braestrup, tomorrow at 10 a.m., in the Milford Senior Center. Braestrup became an ordained minister after a car accident claimed the life of her husband Drew, a Maine trooper. Widowed with small children, she followed through with her husband's dream of ministry. She currently ...

Source: malnurturedsnay.net --- 17 days ago
A few weeks ago, one of my colleagues decided to form a bookclub. Always eager for an excuse to read, I signed up. Our first meeting, which was today, was to discuss our first book, which was one I’d suggested: Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. I’d already read it. I [...] ...

Source: www.hatchpubliclibrary.org --- 30 days ago
This month’s book selection is “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. The novel is told in flashbacks, the story of Jacob Jankowski and his life in a traveling circus during the Great Depression. Copies of the book are available at the front desk. Book club meets August 27, at 1 PM. A review on the Book Club's July book can be found Here.. , written by Book Club member Laura Sanchez ...

Source: booksblog.guidelive.com --- 50 days ago
Fans of Water for Elephants , the breakout bestseller by Sara Gruen , will be glad to know she has another book coming soon. This one also is for animal lovers -- it was inspired by Ms. Gruen's fascination with the bonobo ape. Emma Sweeney , the New York literary agent who sold Water for Elephants to Algonquin Books. Emma spoke earlier today to a Maggiano's NorthPark luncheon group organized by her aunt, publicist Julia Sweeney of Dallas. She also mentioned that the movie rights to Water for Elephants have been sold, though the project's still in pre-production. According to Emma, Ape House will be published by Spiegel & Grau in the spring of 2009. ...

Source: bookstothesky.blogspot.com --- 31 days ago
Imagine the days when the Circus came into town with a big parade and everyone gathered to watch the elephants put up the big tent. This book really gives the reader the feel of the old-time circus. The good feelings -- kids having fun, popcorn, and the excitement of the performances....and the bad side....neglected or mistreated animals, roughnecks, thieves, and the challenges and danger of being a performer. Gruen's writing pulls you into the circus world and the life of the main character, Jacob Jankowski. Jacob joins the circus after having to leave college without completing his veterinary degree. He's put in charge of the circus menagerie and finds it challenging, especially one elephant named Rosie who just resists being trained to perform. Most of the time I find myself disappointed when I read a book that came out with as much hype as this one. But, I found myself pleasantly surprised. Let yourself escape to the Big Top -- read this book!! Gruen has also written another book about relationships with animals called "Riding Lessons and Flying Changes.'' ...

Source: zintareviews.blogspot.com --- 22 days ago
Book Review by Zinta Aistars · Paperback: 350 pages · Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2007 · Price: $13.95 · ISBN-10: 1565125606 · ISBN-13: 978-1565125605 I’ve been to the circus only once in my life, as a small child, towed along by my parents for what they surely thought would be a treat. It wasn’t. We never went again. Even as a small child, I seemed to instinctively pick up on the abuse required to get wild animals to do what they do in the three rings of a circus. If nothing else, the sight of such wonderful creatures as elephants, lions, tigers, bears and various others, forced to do what they would not normally do but for cheap human entertainment, galled me. I loved animals. I loved them at a distance, to view them in either their natural habitat or through some telescopic lens that would keep the disruption of their lives in the wild at a minimum. For that reason, out of my respect for their wildness, I have avoided both the circus and zoos. Sara Gruen’s novel, Water for Elephants , reinforced my decision. It is the story of Jacob Jankowski, both at age 23 and at age 90-something (he can’t clearly recall, as he narrates the story in a series of flashbacks from the nursing home where he is at present wasting away his final days). He does not run away to the circus for the usual romantic reasons of seeking adventure and freedom, as it is commonly viewed. His parents have died in a car crash, and he finds himself without any inherita ...

Source: lolayabonobo.wildlifedirect.org --- 50 days ago
You’ve probably heard of Sara Gruen, who wrote the New York Times Bestseller Water for Elephants. When I bought it at Borders, everyone from the manager to the cashier saw it in my hand and just had to blurt out ‘that’s an amazing book’. And it is. I just finished reading it and it was [...] ...

Source: www.spiders.com --- 2 days ago
by Sara Gruen (Algonquin, ISBN: 9781565125605); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: * "An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback." ...

Source: ndscribbler.wordpress.com --- 6 days ago
Last night I finished up “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. It’s unbelievable because I only got it from the library yesterday morning. But I just flew through the book and enjoyed myself immensely. Jacob Jakownski is in his 90’s (he’s always saying 90 or 93, but I can remember which) and for the present moments [...] ...

Source: www.subversiveinfluence.com --- 4 days ago
Lots on the go right now… I’m presently away with the family and some friends, sitting “off the grid” at the edge of a lake, enjoying the long weekend. Upon my return I’ve got some work to do — I’m behind on some writing projects and have web development stacked up, including some server migration and WordPress update work. In the meantime, while blogging in abstentia, I’ve compiled a digital reading list for you while I on the other hand am hoping to have more time with some analogue reading material, including Frank Viola’s newest, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants , which a friend loaned me with the assurance I’d like it, but I’ve not yet started, having gotten distracted by Clay Shirky . Oh, and about Rob Bell’s latest Nooma video, “She” — I don’t know anything. Nada. But don’t worry, everyone else is blogging about it. So on with the link fest! What do you know? Dan Edelen posted final thoughts on the charismatic cleanup, citing John 3:30 and the subject of humility on the same day as I posted my 3 Leadership Lessons from John 3 . Yeah, we’re on the same page — must be something to what we’re saying. cartoon: the church sings Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” An Interesting Exercise Would Be “A comparison of * Bishop Schnase’s Five Practices * Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life * Scott McKnight’s Five Streams of the Emerging Church * Gibb’s and Bolger’s 9 Core practices * J ...

Source: from-my-bookshelf.blogspot.com --- 20 days ago
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 335 pages / 2008 / 5 stars / Fiction / 8-10-08 What an amazingly beautiful story. More thoughts on it later after I've thought about it some more. 62 / 100 books. 62% done! ...

Source: book-chic.blogspot.com --- 27 days ago
Fictional character Jacob Jankowski, now in his 90’s and living in a nursing home, dazzles us with his tale of joining the circus during the Depression in “Water for Elephants”. He enchants us with his tales of working for the “greatest show on Earth”, which is in reality a show run by a money- and fame-hungry ringmaster who eats steak in the dining car while withholding his employee’s pay. We meet the freaks who are the bread and butter of the show, who beneath the clown makeup and overgrown beards, are people with hearts and stories of their own. We meet a kind-hearted whore and white horses and a Polish elephant named Rosie. After the sudden death of both his mother and father, aspiring Veterinarian Jacob Jankowski joins the circus and creates a dysfunctional family of his own. He falls in love with Marlena, the beautiful performer who is married to the circus’ schizophrenic animal trainer. He befriends the lovely Rosie, an elephant who understands Polish and who alone can cause shows to sell-out. One night there is a disturbance in the big top and Marlena’s abusive husband is murdered. Jacob must live with his knowledge of who committed the crime until his senior years, when he is living in a nursing home he hates. It is at this point that he chooses to reminiscence with us, and we learn the whole truth. This was a beautiful, haunting story, one that I’m so glad I had the chance to read. The third novel I’ve read for the Savvy Summer ...

Source: lastpageturned.blogspot.com --- 39 days ago
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. ...