Recent Reading Part 2

The book I finished most recently is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, which my sister sent me years ago. Because she doesn't send me many books, I assume this was one she really enjoyed. It tells the story of a 90-something man in a retirement home when a circus comes to town, and he remembers his youth as a circus vet. The book begins with a violent moment that actually occurs toward the end of the main story and spends much of the narrative moving between the man's present and past. It's a good story with complex characters, and I kept wondering what was going to happen.