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A prayer for owen meany opening line6/5/2023 A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick From the Back Cover 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 mothers death, but because he is the reason I believe in God I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary. The boy who hits the ball doesnt believe in accidents Owen Meany believes he is Gods instrument. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boys mother. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys-best friends-are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. STEPHEN KING, Washington Post 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 mothers death, but because he is the reason I believe in God I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave richly textured and carefully wrought world. so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation.
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