A Prayer For Owen Meany Sparknotes

The book “A Prayer for Owen Meany, “written by John Irving is an extraordinary and original book. I believe he chose that title mainly because one of the main characters that the book basically was written for past away. This title was chosen to give the reader a good understanding of what they are going to read about when they read this book. The authors name is John Irving, he was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1942. He is the author of 6 previous novels such as “The World According to Garp,” “The Hotel New Hampshire,” The Cider House Rules,” etc. This book is a fiction and a modern classic novel. This took place in New England and was made to take place between the 1950’s and 1960’s. Two boys that are best friends name John Wheelwright
It’s been almost 20 years since Owen had died and from this you can tell that his death had a big impact in his life. John is in front of his grave and prays to god to give Owen back to him and to everyone else he loves. This is when the story all falls together and you get a good understanding of why John was telling us this story. To get a grip of what happened to his closest and dearest best friend and how that impacted his life. John says another prayer and his son comes out the car. When John tells him that he’d be there in a bit we then find out the name of his son. He named him
It had humor, real life events, sadness, and suspense. I would most definitely recommend this novel to someone because although it’s very long, you won’t want to stop reading it. This book will make you wonder, cry, even laugh. It’s a book that I think had great meaning and was put together very well. In my opinion, there is no flaws about this book except how long it is. But even then the length is good because it lets the author explain more in detail so when you do read it you will get an image in your head of what he’s trying to say. This is a fantastic book and I recommend it to all that are willing to read it or who are looking for a great