{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany-a-genius-modern-american-classic","title":"A Prayer For Owen Meany: a 'genius' modern American classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A work of genius' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Marvellously funny . . . What better entertainment is there than a serious book which makes you laugh?' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer, 1953. In the small town of Gravesend, New Hampshire, eleven-year-old John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany are playing in a Little League baseball game. When Owen hits a foul ball which kills John's mother, their lives are changed in an instant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is dismissed as a tragic accident but Owen disagrees. He believes that he is God's instrument, put on Earth for a higher purpose. And as the boys come into adulthood to the background of the Vietnam War, a series of remarkable events show that perhaps Owen's divine plan was not imagined after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the funny yet poignant classic by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo extraordinary, so original, and so enriching' Stephen King, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'May justly join the classic American list' Anthony Burgess, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 720 pages | Published May 1990\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986009407837,"sku":"9780552993692","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780552993692.jpg?v=1774494880","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-a-genius-modern-american-classic","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}