598 pages
English language
Published 1993 by Ballantine Books.
598 pages
English language
Published 1993 by Ballantine Books.
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.