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The cider house rules

by John Irving

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86 pages1985Bantam BooksISBN 9780553258004
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About this book

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 ...

Publication Details

Publisher
Bantam Books
Published
1985
Pages
86
ISBN
9780553258004
Language
en

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