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008			251031s2025 nyu e 000 1 eng d
020			_a9781501189449 _qhardcover
020			_a1501189441 _c$30.00
035			_a(OCoLC)1499350518
035	9	0	_a(OCoLC)1546234145
040			_aTnLvILS _beng _erda _cTnLvILS
043			_aan-us-nh _ae-au--- _aa-is---
082	0	0	_a813.54
092			_afiction _bIrving, John
100	1		_aIrving, John, _d1942- _eauthor. _4aut. _910411
245	1	0	_aQueen Esther : _ba novel / _cJohn Irving.
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2025.
300			_a432 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext
337			_aunmediated
338			_avolume
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"--
650		0	_aPhysicians _vFiction. _95679983
650		0	_aOrphanages _vFiction. _95690918
650		0	_aJewish children _vFiction. _95791668
650		0	_aJewish women _vFiction. _95701892
650		0	_aAntisemitism _vFiction. _95734569
650		0	_aAdopted children _vFiction. _95694279
650		0	_aIdentity (Psychology) _vFiction. _95675471
651		0	_aNew Hampshire _vFiction. _95706955
651		0	_aVienna (Austria) _vFiction. _95748297
651		0	_aIsrael _vFiction. _95766209
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft.
655		7	_aBildungsromans. _2lcgft. _9102642
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c413221 _d413221