The cider house rules
Subtitle: a novel
By: John Irving.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
Subjects: Young men -- Maine -- Fiction.; Physicians -- Fiction.; Orphanages -- Fiction.; Abortion -- Fiction.; Maine -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this 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 addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.