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A Prayer For Owen Meany

John Irving

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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. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary and terrifying.

'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.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
720
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN:
9780552776790
Published Date:
2/9/2010
Dimensions:
178mm x 110mm x 44mm
Weight:
376g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9780552776790

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