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The Cider House Rules


A Literary Fiction Novel

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An American classic first published in 1985 by William Morrow and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules is among John Irving's most beloved novels.

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 addict and abortionist.

It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.

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