Posted by GEF on December 21, 2007 at 14:25:21:
Sara Gruen has won the 2007 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for her novel "Water for Elephants." It's a great looking-back story as told by an old man who as a boy ran away from home to join the circus. The book is not only a great read, but is filled with lots of interesting circus lore.
The book was also nominated for a Quill Book Award and Entertainment Weekly's Best Novel of the Year.