Queen Esther' is a literary riffing on a biblical story. It also might be the most sympathetic treatment of Jewish themes by ...

Popular food shopper, widely known as Aunty Esther, has passed away.Her death was confirmed on Saturday by her caregiver, Aunty Muse, in a post shared on X. She tweeted “Rest in Peace Aunty Esther”.

Nigeria mourns as Esther Ezinne Omolola Mensah, the beloved "Pepper Girl," passes away at 34. Esther Ezinne Omolola Mensah, ...

Dame Esther Rantzen is celebrating Christmas early with family this year — in case she "doesn't make" the real day. And now the veteran TV presenter, who founded the charity Childline in 1986, has ...

When American Canadian author John Irving was studying abroad in Vienna, he was roommates with a Jewish student. This roommate became a longtime friend and opened Irving’s eyes to a life experience ...

Novelist John Irving says he knew he was on track when he figured out how “Queen Esther” would end. Now he faced a new challenge: How the story began. “Like all my novels, that’s the thing I see most ...

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“Queen Esther” is a sequel of sorts to “The Cider House Rules” (1985), one of John Irving’s most popular novels and the basis for a successful 1999 film. Dr. Larch, the man charged with making orphans ...

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“I work my way back through a story’s timeline, from where I want it to end. My first chapters often change — my last chapters never have,” the New Hampshire native said in a recent phone interview.

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