A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

earliest edition we have, 2001 Perfection Learning, 2012 617 pages

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.

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Editions we hold

Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2014 · HarperCollins Publishers · 656 pages · 9780062284853
A Prayer for Owen Meany hardcover · 2013 · William Morrow Company · 640 pages · 9780062299567
Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2012 · Transworld Publishers Limited · 720 pages · 9781448111831
Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2012 · HarperCollins Publishers · 640 pages · 9780062204226
Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2012 · HarperCollins Publishers · 1152 pages · 9780062205575
A Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2012 · Perfection Learning · 617 pages · 9781613839829
Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2010 · Transworld Publishers Limited · 720 pages · 9780552776790
Prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2007 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 656 pages · 9780747590101
A prayer for Owen Meany edition · 2001 · Vintage Canada · 635 pages · 9780307363251

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