John Irving's 'Queen Esther' returns readers to setting of 'The Cider House Rules'
In John Irving's next book, the author is returning to St. Cloud's, Maine, and to the orphanage made famous in his acclaimed ...
The Times of Israel4h
John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ touches decades of Israeli history
Book to be released in November tells story of Esther Nacht, Viennese Jew born in 1905 whose life 'is fated to intersect with ...
TV Guide1y
The Bible Collection: Esther - Full Cast & Crew
Esther succeeds in enchanting the king with her extraordinary beauty and charm, and he makes her his queen. The king promotes his loyal subject Haman - whose family is notably anti-Jewish - to the ...
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Esther is the real queen of the art of the deal
Queen Esther, the story’s heroine, wields a form of power that is often hard to recognize. Esther’s power, at once demure and mighty, manifests as sacred vulnerability. Characterized by ...