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Literature & Fiction

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules
- Cider House Rules: A Novel by John Irving
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Orphanages
- Homer Wells
- Dr. Wilbur Larch
Set among the apple orchards of rural Maine, it is a peverse world in which Homer Wells' odyssey begins. As the oldest unadopted offspring at St Cloud's orphanage, he learns about the skills which, one way or another, help young and not-so-young women, from Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder -- a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether.Dr Larch loves all his orphans, especically Homer Wells. It is Homer's story we follow, from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to his adult life running a cider-making factory and his strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend.
Country USA
Brand William Morrow
Manufacturer William Morrow
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780688030360
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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