First published in 1985 by William Morrow, _The Cider House Rules_ is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addi
The Cider House Rules
β Scribed by Irving, John Winslow
- Book ID
- 106199725
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 386 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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First published in 1985 by William Morrow, *The Cider House Rules* is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larchβsaint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addic
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Homer Wells grows up in an orphanage where he spends his childhood "being of use" as a medical assistant to the director, Dr. Wilbur Larch, whose history is told in flashbacks: After a traumatic misadventure with a prostitute as a young man, Wilbur turns his back on sex and love, choosing instead to