The rules of the apple cider house

Author: John Irving
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: John Irving is hailed as "America's most important humorist." This book is Irving's masterpiece, telling the coming-of-age story of Homer: running away from home, searching for true love, and finding his place in life. The book was adapted into a screenplay by Irving himself, which won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, among other honors. This book is Irving's masterpiece, telling the coming-of-age story of Homer: running away from home, searching for true love, and finding his place in life.
Homer, an orphan, lives at St. Croix Orphanage in Maine, USA. Dr. Rache, the orphanage's physician, teaches Homer all his medical skills, including an abortion procedure that was still illegal at the time, hoping Homer would continue his legacy. However, as Homer grows into adulthood under the fatherly care and nurturing of Dr. Rache, he becomes disillusioned with medicine and longs for something beyond it, eager to learn the rules of life. Later, he follows Candy and her boyfriend Wallace as they leave the orphanage to work at Wallace's ocean-view apple orchard.
After World War II breaks out, Wallace goes off to war, and Homer and Candy fall in love. But when Candy returns from the battlefield with a disability, both she and Homer are forced to break up. Their child, Angel, becomes Homer's "adopted son." The book revolves around Homer's joys, sorrows, partings, and reunions during his passionate years, reflecting real-life imperfections and melancholy, yet offering hope and aspirations. The book was adapted into a screenplay by Irving himself, which won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, among other honors.