Queen Esther a novel
"Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, so...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Queen Esther : |b a novel / |c John Irving. |
| 250 | |a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Simon & Schuster, |c 2025. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2025 | |
| 300 | |a 409 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes discussion questions. | ||
| 520 | |a "Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board the ship to Portland, Maine; her mother is murdered by anti-Semites in Portland. Dr. Larch knows it won't be easy to find a Jewish family to adopt Esther; in fact, he won't find any family who'll adopt her. When Esther is fourteen, soon to be a ward of the state, Dr. Larch meets the Winslows, a philanthropic New England family with a history of providing foster care for unadopted orphans. The Winslows aren't Jewish, but they despise anti-Semitism. Esther's gratitude for the Winslows is unending; even as she retraces her roots back to Vienna, she never stops loving and protecting the Winslows. In the final chapter, set in Jerusalem in 1981, Esther Nacht is seventy-six"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Physicians |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Orphanages |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish children |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewish women |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antisemitism |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Adopted children |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Identity (Psychology) |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a New Hampshire |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Vienna (Austria) |v Fiction. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Israel |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Coming-of-age fiction. |2 lcgft | |
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