{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany-9780062204097","title":"A Prayer for Owen Meany","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A remarkable novel. . . . \u003cem\u003eA Prayer for Owen Meany\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eSTEPHEN KING, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrving, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJohn Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning in 1980 for the novel \u003cem\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He won the 2000 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003cem\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Irving's most recent novel is \u003cem\u003eIn One Person\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582322250002,"sku":"9780062204097","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_448520f4-2cc2-443c-b3f6-a807e8ee5c33.jpg?v=1744902746","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-9780062204097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}