{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-owen-meany","title":"A Prayer for Owen Meany","description":"\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\n\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","brand":"Publish Date- 04\/03\/2012- Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54497270366518,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail_7.gif?v=1788279842","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/a-prayer-for-owen-meany","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}