{"product_id":"the-cider-house-rules-9780345417947","title":"The Cider House Rules","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving's novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHouston Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century. The novel 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. This is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"  Irving] is among the very best storytellers at work today. At the base of Irving's own moral concerns is a rare and lasting regard for human kindness.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Superb in scope and originality, a novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime. Engrossing, moving, thoroughly satisfying.\"\u003cb\u003e--Joseph Heller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" An old-fashioned, big-hearted novel . . . with its epic yearning caught in the nineteenth century, somewhere between Trollope and Twain.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/b\u003e has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning once, in 1980, for the novel \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e--a film with seven Academy Award nominations.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50605448200466,"sku":"9780345417947","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4a1ca9d7-4d33-4027-80a2-561af1e2f889.jpg?v=1732276690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cider-house-rules-9780345417947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}