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003			OCoLC
005			20251028093106.0
008			880915s1989 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 88013839
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020			_a0688087604 (lim. ed.)
020			_a9780688087609 (lim. ed.)
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043			_an-us--- _an-us-nh
050	0	0	_aPS 3559 .R8 _bP7 1989
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aIrving, John, _d1942-
245	1	2	_aA prayer for Owen Meany : _ba novel / _cJohn Irving.
250			_a1st trade ed.
260			_aNew York : _bMorrow, _cc1989.
300			_a543 p. ; _c25 cm.
520			_aIn 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.
530			_aAlso issued online.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _zUnited States _vFiction.
650		0	_aBelief and doubt _vFiction.
650		0	_aMothers _xDeath _vFiction.
650		0	_aMale friendship _vFiction.
651		0	_aNew Hampshire _vFiction.
650		0	_aPredestination _vFiction.
650		0	_aBirthfathers _vFiction.
655		7	_aPsychological fiction. _2lcsh
655		7	_aReligious fiction. _2lcsh
856	1		_uhttp://www.randomhouse.com/randomhouse/authors/results.pperl?authorid=14109
856	1		_uhttp://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-irving-john.asp
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