The CIDER HOUSE RULES

John Irving First published 1985

About this book

Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.

Subjects

  • abortion
  • abortion in fiction
  • adolescent
  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • collectionid:bannedbooks
  • fiction
  • induced abortion
  • maine, fiction
  • orphanages
  • orphanages in fiction
  • physicians
  • physicians, fiction
  • physicians in fiction
  • young men