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Book Review of Cider House Rules

Cider House Rules
Cider House Rules
Author: John Irving
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


A mature,old-fashioned, big-hearted novel, filled with people to love and to feel for. I think one of the characters, an obstetrician, was based on the authors own grandfather, who was also a doctor. The novel is a "much bigger" story than the movie by the same title.