The Cider House Rules
Edition: U.S. Softcover large print edition
Series: Thorndike Press Basic Series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Thorndike, ME, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780786226757
Copyright date: 1985
Subjects: Movie/Tv Tie-Ins; Large print books; Fiction; Fiction - General; General; Movie-TV Tie-In - General; Large type books
First sentence: In the hospital of the orphanage-the boy's division at St. Cloud's, Maine-two nurses were in charge of naming the new babies and checking that their little penises were healing from the obligatory circumcision.
Description: Homer Wells had been raised from birth in the boys' division of the orphanage at St. Cloud's, Maine. Now a young man, he was the protege of Dr. Wilbur Larch, the orphanage physician and director. Dr. Larch provides care and comfort to the troubled mothers who seek his help, either by delivering and taking in their unwanted babies or by performing illegal abortions. Meticulously trained in medicine 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--a world whose complexities will variously challenge, confound, and confirm the lessons he learned at St. Cloud's.
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