Sara Gruen





Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen is a Canadian-born author with Canadian and U.S. dual citizenship. Her books deal greatly with animals and she is a supporter of numerous charitable organizations that support animals and wildlife.


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Average rating: 4.03 · 319,381 ratings · 42,866 reviews · 5 distinct works
Water for Elephants
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 305,839 ratings — published 2006 — 89 editions
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Ape House
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 8,616 ratings — published 2010 — 29 editions
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Riding Lessons
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 3,112 ratings18 editions
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Flying Changes
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,793 ratings13 editions
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008
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September 2010, Sara Gruen
"Tea parties and tickle tag with primates—the animal lover who wrote Water for Elephants describes the friendships she made with bonobos while crafting Ape House." ...More

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“When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.”
Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”
Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

“When you are 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 is 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 are 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 it.”
Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants

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