The Cider House Rules

by John Irving, John Irving

Hardcover, 1064 pages

English language

Published Aug. 14, 2000 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-7862-2674-0

(45 reviews)

Al hospital St. Cloud´s se acercan muchas parejas o mujeres solas en situaciones desesperadas, dispuestas a abortar o abandonar a un hijo no deseado, que ponen en manos de un médico modélico, el doctor Larch. Éste siente un cariño especial por Homer Wells, su pupilo, al que transmite cuanto sabe de medicina. Homer, sin embargo, no comparte sus criterios sobre el aborto, y cree que necesita crecer fuera del hospicio y conocer mundo. La ocasión se le presenta cuando una joven pareja acomodada hace su aparición con la intención de abortar. Homer abandona con ellos el hospital y consigue trabajo como recolector de manzanas junto con unos temporeros negros. En la casa de la sidra donde se aloja conocerá el amor, pero también que las verdaderas normas que rigen nuestra vida sólo puede dictarlas el corazón.

First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving’s sixth novel. Set …

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. ([source][1])

[1]: john-irving.com/the-cider-house-rules/

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lukethelibrarian reviewed The Cider House Rules by John Irving

2022 #FReadom read 12/20

5 stars

John Irving's The Cider House Rules was the 12th book in my 2022 #FReadom project to read books removed or threatened in Texas libraries and schools. After it appeared on the Krause list, North East ISD recommended its removal in favor of something more "updated."

I'll reserve judgment until I've read the proposed replacement, but the moral wrestling with the causes and effects of pregnancy, orphans and abortion are no more out-of-date in Irving's novel than in the Dickens and Brontë novels that were its orphans' bedtime stories.