571 pages
English language
Published 1999 by Modern Library.
5 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Young men -- Maine -- Fiction.
- Physicians -- Fiction.
- Orphanages -- Fiction.
- Abortion -- Fiction.
- Maine -- Fiction.