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  A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback) By (author) John Irving

  

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  Short Description for A Prayer for Owen MeanyEleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.
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  • Publisher: Black Swan
  • Published: 01 May 1990
  • Format: Paperback 720 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780552993692 ISBN 10: 0552993697
  • Sales rank: 12,131

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Full description for A Prayer for Owen Meany

• 'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it'. Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.