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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, soo...

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Main Author: Irving, John, 1942- (Author)
Other Authors: Fliakos, Ari (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Simon & Schuster, [2025]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Physicians > Fiction.
Orphanages > Maine > Fiction.
Jewish orphans > Fiction.
Jewish children > Fiction.
Jewish women > Fiction.
Antisemitism > Fiction.
Adopted children > Fiction.
Adoptive parents > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Portland (Me.) > Fiction.
New Hampshire > Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) > Fiction.
Israel > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Title from web page.
Physical Description:11 audio discs (13 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:13:00:00
ISBN:9781668142615
1668142619
9798228497474
Author Notes:John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears , was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven. He is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1980, Mr. Irving won a National Book Award for his novel The World According to Garp . In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules . In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person . Internationally renowned, his novels have been translated into almost forty languages. His all-time bestselling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany . A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.

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