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Hardcover

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
By: John Irving

Modern Library
November 1999
On Sale: November 3, 1999
592 pages
ISBN: 0679603352
EAN: 9780679603351
Hardcover
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First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this 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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