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A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany
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Jessica
Jul 26, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: modern-lit, vietnam-war, canada, 1001
It's always a pleasure to find someone that can write about higher themes while still remembering that at bottom, most of us just really enjoy a good story. Owen jumps off the page from the outset and you can't help but be drawn into his world and ultimately his fate. ...more
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Andy Plonka
Sep 04, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Would that we all could look at life as practically as Owen Meany.
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Wes F
Sep 24, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
My first John Irving novel. Gave this 3-1/2 stars in my Reading Log. A bit long & bloated--probably could have been 1/2 as long and been better.
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