A Prayer for Owen Meany

A deluxe collector’s edition of John Irving’s beloved A Prayer for Owen Meany —a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye . In 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.