Queen Esther [large print] : a novel / John Irving.
Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on board a 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781420527445
- ISBN: 1420527444
- Physical Description: 697 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
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- General Note:
- "Published in 2025 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc."--Title page verso.Includes discussion questions.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | LP FIC IRVING (Text) | 36015000748125 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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