The Cider House Rules
ISBN-13:
9780552992046
Veröffentl:
1986
Einband:
B-format paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.07.1986
Seiten:
704
Autor:
John Irving
Gewicht:
502 g
Format:
195x126x40 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.'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...
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