{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany-1","title":"A Prayer for Owen Meany","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Irving\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780062204097\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMariner Books Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e627\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A remarkable novel. . . . \u003cem\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare creation. ... An amazingly brave piece of work ... so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eSTEPHEN KING, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48929082376344,"sku":"1731906","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81NxloJKRBL_72dbbb25-d3ed-45ce-9b30-d8c0047223f2.jpg?v=1771959129","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}