Title A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel / John Irving

Edition First trade edition Published New York : Morrow, [1989] ©1989

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W'PONDS	810.54 I7274 A6/P		AVAILABLE

Description 543 pages ; 25 cm Series Ballantine/fiction ; 36179 Summary In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. He is Irving's most heartbreaking hero Analysis Belief and doubt Fiction Birthfathers Fiction Male friendship Fiction Mothers Fiction Death New Hampshire Fiction Predestination Fiction Psychological fiction Religious fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction United States Notes Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.7 42 28546 Also issued online Subject Belief and doubt -- Fiction. Birthfathers -- Fiction. Male friendship -- Fiction. Mothers -- Death -- Fiction. Predestination -- Fiction. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. SUBJECT New Hampshire -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116300 Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. 88013839 ISBN 0688077080

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