{"product_id":"prayer-for-owen-meany","title":"Prayer For Owen Meany","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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57311953453438,"sku":"NW9780552993692","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552993692.jpg?v=1778241838","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/prayer-for-owen-meany","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}