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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, a bestselling historical fiction novel set in a Depression-era traveling circus.Plot: It follows Jacob Jankowski, an orphaned former veterinary student who jumps onto a circus train and finds work caring for the animals, falling in love with an equestrian star named Marlena.Structure: The story is told through the flashbacks of Jacob as an elderly man in a nursing home reflecting on his turbulent youth under the big top.