| Title:
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A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY
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| By: |
John Irving |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0552993697 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780552993692 |
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| Publisher: |
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 1990 |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
'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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Black Swan |
| Prizes: |
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |