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A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel / John Irving.

Irving, John, 1942- (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062204097
  • ISBN: 0062204092
  • ISBN: 9780062284853
  • ISBN: 0062284851
  • ISBN: 9781451777987
  • ISBN: 1451777981
  • Physical Description: viii, 627, 16 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First William Morrow paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Originally published in 1989.
"P.S. insights, interviews, & more ..."--Cover.
Summary, etc.:
"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."--Back cover.
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States > Fiction.
Belief and doubt > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
New Hampshire > Fiction.
Predestination > Fiction.
Birthfathers > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Young men > Fiction.
Genre: Religious fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Religious fiction.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main Fiction Irving (Text) 31307025567787 Fiction Checked out 08/09/2025


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