{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany-john-irving-paperback","title":"A Prayer for Owen Meany -- John Irving, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable novel. . . . A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation. ... An amazingly brave piece of work ... so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. . . . Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave [this] richly textured and carefully wrought world.\" --STEPHEN KING, Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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, one of literary fiction's most unforgettable characters, believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Irving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/3\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\" H x 5.2\" L x 1.2\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780062204097\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720694038827,"sku":"9780062204097","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780062204097_75585f02-630f-464b-96b3-47c5dad218e1.jpg?v=1774822120","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-john-irving-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}