I 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.In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys — best friends — are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, … 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.
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I loved this book! And the movie. I enjoy his books and have read him for years…
One of my all time favorites.
I actually almost was arrested for disturbing the peace for laughing so loud and hysterically –God I loved, still love that book
Loved this book; I have read it several times
I think about this book often. It has staying power. One of my all-time favorites.
One of my favorite books…I’ve read it a few times.
one of my all time favorite books. have read it numerous times.
Compelling
A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my top 10 all time favorite books.
One of the best novels I’ve ever read.
Some authors open the door to their fantasy mind begrudgingly, or better, unconfidently. Irving’s door is wide open. Qwen Meany is a story that begins where magic realism ends, but not without the trappings of magic realism having left its scent on the pages that Irving traces his story over. Owen Meany, the character and the book, will stick with …
One of Irving’s best. Characters are well-developed and the ending takes you by surprise.
One of my “favorite of all time” books
Required reading for my book club
One of all-time favorite books!
Master storyteller at his best. Right up there with Cider House Rules!
This book was so quirky and difficult to relate to, I would not recommend
One of Irving’s best; a must even for readers who are not John Irving fans.
One of the best books I’ve ever read.
One of my all time favorite books!!!!