false 4687 49 First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it 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. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted. 3875895 book 1985 The Cider House Rules total:19441|5:5940|4:8341|3:4207|2:773|1:180| 19441 77411 23141 874 5 21 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 30 18:16:15 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 11 08:10:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 7 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 14:53:01 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 14:53:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 13 12:12:57 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 23 20:14:03 -0700 2008 the cider house rules in particular seems more real than the others, the orphanage and apple orchards seem more tangible, the emotions less idiosyncratic and the char...more...]]> 4 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 17:38:06 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 18:48:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 16:24:59 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 17:55:20 -0700 2008
I picked up this book to read on a recent trip to New England, specifically Maine and New Hampshire. I had previously seen the movie and I knew that t...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 26 10:45:58 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 31 23:14:47 -0700 2008 Cider House Rules is no exception. It's not that Irving is a poor writer, no one can argue that. His characters are always fully-fleshed and alive on the page and each sentence drips with so much detail that you think you're going to get splinters when Homer a...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Feb 08 08:18:52 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 16:02:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:59:48 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:34:07 -0700 2009 The Cider House Rules this morning; I've been working on it since mid-August. Usually if I take that long to read a book it's because the book isn't very good, I've gotten bored with it, or the writing is hard to comprehend. None of those things are true of The Cider House Rules...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Feb 01 12:49:34 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 12:51:29 -0800 2008 John Irving will certainly make you love reading again. The Cider House Rules is once again a novel rich with characters so real you forget this is fiction and you care about what happens to them. ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 08 13:14:08 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 09:29:07 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 13:13:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 19 21:31:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 21:36:18 -0700 2008
Homer Wells is an orphan at St. Clouds, where Wilbur Larch is giving safe, illegal abortions to women and delivering unwanted babies. I still cannot say ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 26 09:31:29 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 18 08:08:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 10 06:21:37 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 06:29:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 22 07:10:50 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 07:16:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Dec 03 10:36:16 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 10:47:00 -0800 2007
Like most John Irv...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 17 13:44:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:46:02 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 25 11:47:16 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 12:00:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Dec 03 17:47:51 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 17:56:15 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false true Thu Feb 28 10:17:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 10:20:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 22 09:51:54 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 29 16:00:21 -0700 2009 more...]]>