I wish I could remember the date when I finished reading this book. I know it was somewhere between moving into this new house and hanging wallpaper in the babies' room, which they immediately tore down. I can't remember who recommended this book to me. I can't believe that I would find a book about a circus entertaining in the slightest. I hate the circus. I hate the way they treat animals and the last thing I wanted to do was read about it.
I did, though. And it was very entertaining. I even accidentally dropped it in the jacuzzi and read wet pages for the next week. The circus part was circumstantial. It was a love story about two people who wanted to be together and an abusive man (both to women and animals) stood in their way.
Has anyone read this book? I'm a little confused. The opening chapter reads as if Marlena was the one to kill her husband, with her boyfriend, Mr. Jankowski (can't remember his younger years name) seeing the whole thing happen. The end of the book reads as if her husband was killed by a stampede started by a disgruntled and abused elephant. So, WTF? I can't tell what happened.
The bottom line is that it was entertaining. Reading about this elephant. Who only responded to speak in Polish. She was abused and hit and tortured by Marlena for not responding and when Mr. Jankowski started talking Polish and the elephant responded, she was then, the star of the show. Until she started a stampede. And that's where I get confused. Input, please. . .
