Author of Water for Elephants
The best-selling author of five novels: AT THE WATER'S EDGE, APE HOUSE, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, RIDING LESSONS, and FLYING CHANGES. Her works were translated into 43 languages and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. In 2011, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS was adapted to form a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Rob Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz. Take a look at this She lives with her husband and three sons in Western North Carolina, along w... ith their dogs, cats, horses, birds and the fussiest goat in the world.READ MORE
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Fiction, Romance, Adult, War, Literary Fiction, Animals
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When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties you know how old you are. I’m twenty-three, you say, or maybe twenty-seven. But then in your thirties something strange starts to happen. It’s a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I’m—you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going to say thirty-three, but you’re not. You’re thirty-five. And then you’re bothered, because you wonder if this is the beginning of the end. It is, of course, but it’s decades before you admit
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