Queen Ester – John Irving’s latest novel revisits his classic “The Cider House Rules”
posted Monday, February 2, 2026
Queen Ester sees John Irving return to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award winner The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Larch takes in Esther, a three-year-old Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism. Esther Nacht is born in Vienna in 1905. Her father dies on […]





