The Cider House Rules
A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Irving’s classic novel (celebrating it's 40th anniversary) about a troubled doctor, the conflicted young orphan he mentors, and what it means to be of use in the world—the basis for the Academy Award–winning film starring Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, and Charlize Theron
“Witty, tenderhearted, fervent . . . This novel is an example, now rare, of the courage of imaginative ardor.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Good night!” he would call. “Good night—you princes of Maine, you kings of New England!”
Homer Wells grows up in a rural Maine orphanage under the tutelage of Dr. Wilbur Larch, a physician who both delivers babies and performs illegal abortions. Dr. Larch trains Homer in obstetrics and gynecology, hoping the…