TY  - BOOK
AU  - Irving,John
TI  - A prayer for Owen Meany: a novel 
SN  - 0688077080
AV  - PS 3559 .R8 P7 1989
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - Morrow
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - United States
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Belief and doubt
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Death
KW  - Male friendship
KW  - Predestination
KW  - Birthfathers
KW  - New Hampshire
KW  - Psychological fiction
KW  - lcsh
KW  - Religious fiction
N1  - Also issued online
N2  - 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
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