Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, David LeDoux, John Randolph Jones ยท 2006
How long does it take to read Water for Elephants?
About 7 hours
355 pages at 50 pages an hour. 15 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
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.
How long does it take to read Water for Elephants?
Water for Elephants is 355 pages, so it takes about 7 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 10 hours 9 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 5 hours.
How many days to read Water for Elephants at 20 minutes a day?
About 22 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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