The Cider House RulesAdapted into an Academy Award winning film and one of John Irving's most beloved novels, The Cider House Rules is the story of a kind but complex doctor and the conflicted young orphan he takes under his wing. A novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime. Engrossing, moving, thoroughly satisfying. Joseph Heller, author of Catch 22 In the quiet, rural landscape of Maine, the St. Cloud's orphanage stands as a refuge for

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His wife can’t help but observe that his ambition is “hopelessly trite

The past few years held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner ever could have anticipated

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From the Cornhuskers of the University of Nebraska to the Nittany Lions of Penn State

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and includes all four novellas as well as exclusive bonus content

but these choices have an ethical twinge as well

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