Have you read Water for Elephants?

[saphire]

I'm going to look for it . Besides Yorkies, elephants are my other love. Living here in South Africa I get to see them in the wild quite often. They are just the most wonderful animals. I have read many "elephant" books and would love to read it. Don't know how well I'll do with the cruelty parts

[KathyinCali]

I am reading it at them moment and loving it

[Lou]

Originally Posted by saphire

I'm going to look for it . Besides Yorkies, elephants are my other love. Living here in South Africa I get to see them in the wild quite often. They are just the most wonderful animals. I have read many "elephant" books and would love to read it. Don't know how well I'll do with the cruelty parts

Don't read it unless you can take the abuse of the poor elephant. So far there haven't been a lot of passages about it but the ones I listened to so far made me cry. What do you other guys think?

[For My Coby]

Originally Posted by Lou

Don't read it unless you can take the abuse of the poor elephant. So far there haven't been a lot of passages about it but the ones I listened to so far made me cry. What do you other guys think?

Elephants have always been my favorite wild animal too. I love the way the interact with each other and protect their babies from outsiders. There are parts that are a bit hard to take. But it is also true. I took the pain of those parts the same way I take the pain of reading about puppy mills. Education is important but isn't always "nice". But even the tough spots weave their way into the sweetness of the whole story. And I don't want to give anything away. But I thought it was still worth it.