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 ...

NEW YORK — 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 Cider House Rules.” Simon & Schuster ...

Esther Calixte-Bea, better known as Queen Esie, had been an artist all of her life and incorporated her beliefs surrounding body hair into her art. Esther, from Montreal, Canada, had painted women ...

Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that Irving’s “Queen Esther” will be published Nov. 4. His novel will bring back Dr. Wilbur Larch from “The Cider House Rules,” but otherwise features ...