Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I actually finished the entire book this week, due to the fact that I couldn't seem to put it down. It details the past of Jacob Jankowski, a circus veterinarian. He is telling the story as memories, haunting him as he wastes away in a nursing home. His story begins as he loses his parents in a car accident and walks out of his final exams at Cornell Veterinary School. He spirals into emotional turmoil and hops the next train he sees. This train happens to be the traveling Benzini Bros. circus, and they hire him as a vet. While working for the circus he falls in love with his boss's wife, Marlena. They're affair eventually causes the death of two of Jacob's friends and the end of the circus. I absolutely loved this book, its written at a quick pace and doesn't leave space to be boring.