The Cider House Rules

Name: The Cider House Rules
Rating: 4.4 (20 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780552146135

by Unknown Author

4.4

(20 ratings)

736 pages1986Johathan Cape LimitedISBN 9780552146135

American fiction (fictional works by one author)Physicians, fiction Maine, fiction Fiction Physicians Orphanages in fiction Orphanages Abortion Physicians in fiction Abortion in fiction collectionID:bannedbooks Young men Adolescent Induced Abortion

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About this book

Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.

Publication Details

Publisher: Johathan Cape Limited
Published: 1986
Pages: 736
ISBN: 9780552146135

About Unknown Author

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany. ([source][1]) [1]: http://john-irving.com/john-irving-bio/