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A prayer for Owen Meany Cover Image Book

A prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving.

Irving, John, 1942- (author.).

Summary:

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062299567
  • ISBN: 0062299565
  • Physical Description: viii, 627 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: William Morrow hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013.

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Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Fiction.
Belief and doubt > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
Predestination > Fiction.
Birthfathers > Fiction.
Young men > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Mothers.
Men's friendships.
Boys.
New Hampshire > Fiction.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Religious fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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