A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel

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Title:

Author:

Irving, John, 1942-

Personal Author:

Irving, John, 1942-

Edition:

[Large print edition].

Publication Information:

New York : HarperLuxe, [2012]

Physical Description:

viii, 1137 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Summary:

In 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.

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Fiction.

Belief and doubt -- Fiction.

Mothers -- Death -- Fiction.

Male friendship -- Fiction.

Predestination -- Fiction.

Birthfathers -- Fiction.

Young men -- Fiction.

Boys -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New Hampshire -- Fiction.

Genre:

Large type books.

ISBN:

9780062205575

Format :

Book

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