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The Cider House Rules by John Irving
My favorite book is The Cider House Rules by John Irving, and some of the best written language can be found in this novel. This book is the only book I have reread numerous times.
John Irving's 1985 novel, The Cider House Rules, is the coming of age story of Homer Wells, a perpetual orphan. He is adopted several times but returned to the orphanage by each set of parents.
Finally, Homer is the oldest male orphan at the orphanage in St. Cloud, Maine, where Dr. Larch delivers mothers and babies. By default Homer becomes Dr. Larch's favorite orphan who he grooms to deliver babies and perform abortions.
Photo of John Irving, Warsaw, Poland, September 10, 2006.
Photo Credit: Mariusz Kubik.
Dr. Larch and the Orphans
Dr. Larch reads to the boy orphans each night at bedtime and before turning off the lights, ends with this phrase:
Goodnight you princes of Maine,
you kings of New England.
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
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Among adults -- and among orphans --
Wilbur Larch noted that delirious happiness was rare.
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Reviews and Study Guides on The Cider House Rules
- The Cider House Rules: CONFLICT / PROTAGONIST / ANTAGONIST / SHORT SUMMARY / SYNOPSIS by John Irving
The Cider House Rules: CONFLICT / PROTAGONIST / ANTAGONIST / SHORT SUMMARY / SYNOPSIS by John Irving The conflict is between the two protagonists of the story, Homer Wells and Dr. Larch. Homer is against abortion, while Larch is not. - The Cider House Rules script by John Irving
The Cider House Rules script by John Irving. - The Cider House Rules by John Irving - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
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 u - NYTimes -- The Cider House Rules Review
GUILT AND COMPASSION Date: May 26, 1985, Sunday, Late City Final Edition - Book Review Desk - By Benjamin DeMott; Benjamin DeMott teaches at Amherst College and is chairman of the National Humanities Faculty board of trustees. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.
"You are my work of art,"
Wilbur Larch told Homer Wells.
"Everything else has just been a job. I don't know if you've got a work of art in you," Larch concluded in his letter to Homer, "but I know what your job is, and you know what it is, too."
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
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Cider House Rules
It's because even a good man can't always be right,
that we need ... rules.
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Have You Read The Cider House Rules?
Have You Read The Cider House Rules?
People only ask questions when they're ready
to hear the answers.
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
Candy to Homer:
Isn't a promise like waiting and seeing? Did you ever make a promise, and mean it -- and break it?
~ John Irving, The Cider House Rules
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