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The Cider House Rules (Reprint Edition) by John Irving, Alanjohn Irving Paton Paperback, 598 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-345-38765-1 / 0345387651 ISBN-13: 978-0-345-38765-3 / 9780345387653 You can't evaluate "The Cider House Rules" on the basis of the plot: to say that the book is about an orphan who grows up in an orphanage run by an abortionist, meets a young couple (there for an abortion), leaves with them, and falls in love with the woman, is to miss about 90 percent of what makes |