A Prayer for Owen Meany (Bloomsbury Modern Library) (Modern Library) (Modern Classic)

by John Irving

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'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.

  • ISBN10 1613839820
  • ISBN13 9781613839829
  • Publish Date 3 April 2012 (first published 11 May 1989)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Turtleback Books
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Pages 617
  • Language English