Sara Gruen
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A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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There is a time to move on, a time to let go . . . and a time to fly.
"Sara Gruen writes with passionate precision about horses and their humans and the healing power of love."—Maryanne Stahl, author of Forgive the Moon
Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer's days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva's dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from
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As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished.
Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenage daughter to this place of pain and memory, where...
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"Naklad knyz͡hky nadrukovanyĭ za koshty hrantu instytut͡siĭnoï pidtrymky dli͡a vydavt͡siv. Dz͡heĭkob sumlinno vidviduvav lekt͡siï v universyteti ta hotuvavsi͡a do skromnoï kar'i͡ery doktora veterynarnoï medyt͡syny. Ta v doli buly svoï plany shchodo nʹoho. Vtratyvshy vse, khlopet͡sʹ u bukvalʹnomu sensi vskochyv u poti͡ah -- i͡ak vyi͡avylosʹ zhodom, t͡syrkovyĭ. Same t͡syrk podarui͡e ĭomu druziv, kokhanu, profesii͡u i navitʹ...
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Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. Bonus features included.
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Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his life in the circus during the Great Depression, recalling the bond he developed with Rosie, the show's troubled elephant, and Marlena, the star of the equestrian act and the unfortunate love of the circus boss.