The cider house rules
Irving, John, 1942-2010
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Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder - a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory and a strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend...
Main title:
The cider house rules / John Irving.
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Imprint:
London : Black Swan, 1986.
Collation:
730 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1985.
ISBN:
9780552992046 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54Green Label
Language:
English
Related title:
The cider house rules [electronic resource]
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BRN:
1014732
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