As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was
home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part
of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers
was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree,
he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met
Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted
animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope
for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was
one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

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