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Queen Esther [large print] : a novel / John Irving.

Irving, John, 1942- (author.).

Summary:

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.

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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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Physicians > Fiction.
Orphanages > Fiction.
Jewish children > Fiction.
Jewish women > Fiction.
Antisemitism > Fiction.
Adopted children > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
New Hampshire > Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) > Fiction.
Israel > Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Coming-of-age fiction

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