West End Book Club

Please join us for a discussion of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, to be held in the small meeting room on the 2nd floor.  Copies are available at the reference desk.  First-timers are welcome.  Refreshments will be served.  

• A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
• A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
• A Newsday Favorite Book of 2006
• A USA Today Bestseller

"This colorful headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat."
           --Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

"Gruen unearths a lost world with her rich and surprising portrayal of life in a traveling circus in the '30s.  An emotional tale that will please history buffs--and others"
          --People

"A love letter to a colorful but terrifying past and an exciting story from cover to cover. . . .  This is sheer fun."
          --Richmond Times-Dispatch