num_pages: 1145
description: Raised from birth in the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine, Homer Wells has become the protege of Dr. Wilbur Larch, its physician and director. There Dr. Larch cares for the troubled mothers who seek his help, either by delivering and taking in their unwanted babies or by performing illegal abortions. Meticulously trained by Dr. Larch, Homer assists in the former, but draws the line at the latter. Then a young man brings his beautiful fiancee to Dr. Larch for an abortion, and everything about the couple beckons Homer to the wide world outside the orphanage ...
language: German
title: Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag
titlecomplete: Gottes Werk und Teufels Beitrag
characters: Rose Rose, Wally Worthington, Candy Kendall, Dr. Wilbur Larch, Homer Wells
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 181466
places: Three Mile Falls, Maine, St. Cloud's, Maine, Maine
publisher: Diogenes