A Prayer for Owen Meany

ISBN-13:	9780062299567
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/17/2013
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	148,187
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.90(d)

A deluxe collector’s edition of John Irving’s beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany—a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye.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.