If you are a fast reader, time remains

to read the selected book and join the

book discussion.

"Water for Elephants" by Jeannette

Walls will be analyzed at the Bill Ellis

Memorial Librarymeetingroomat

6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10.

Library dir ector K athy Caldwell

gives a brief synopsis of the book as

follows: "Though he may not speak of them,

memories still dwell inside Jacob

Ja nkowski's 90-som ething-year-old

mind: Memories of himself as a young

man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train

was home to the Benzini Brothers

Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

Memories of a world filled with freaks

and clowns, with wonder and pain and

anger and passion; a world with its

own narrow, irrational rules, its own

way of life, and its own way of death.

The world of the circus: To Jacob it

was both salvation and a living hell.

Jacob was there because his luck had

run out --- orp haned and penniless,

he had no direction until he landed

onthis locomotive shipoffools.

Itwas the earlypartofthe Great

Depression,andeveryone inthis

rate circus was lucky to have

any job at al l. Marlena, th e st ar of

equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man,

a handsome circus boss with a wide

mean streak. And Rosie the elephant

was there because she was the great

gray hope, the new act that was going

to be the salvation of the circus; the

only problem was, Rosie didn't have

an act --- in fact, she couldn't even

follow instructions.The bondthat

grew among this unlike ly tri o was

one of love and trust, and ultimately,

it was their only hope for survival.

S ur pr isi ng , poi gnan t , a nd f unn y,

"Wa t er for Ele pha nts" is that r ar e

novel with a story so engrossing, one

is reluctant to put it down; with characters

so engaging, they continue to

live long after the last page has been

turned; with a world built of wonder,

a world so real, one starts to breathe

its air."

For more information contact the

library at 749-4116.