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John Irving box set: The Cider House Rules / A Widow for One Year / A Prayer for Owen Meany
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A boxed set containing three beloved, New York Times bestselling novels by John The Cider House Rules , A Widow for One Year , and A Prayer for Owen Meany .
The Cider House Rules
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.
A Widow for One Year
Richly comic, as well as deeply disturbing, A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
In 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 and terrifying.
The Cider House Rules
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.
A Widow for One Year
Richly comic, as well as deeply disturbing, A Widow for One Year is a multilayered love story of astonishing emotional force. Both ribald and erotic, it is also a brilliant novel about the passage of time and the relentlessness of grief.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
In 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 and terrifying.
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null pages, Paperback
First published October 29,2002
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null pages, Paperback
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October 29, 2002 by Ballantine Books
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9780345458902
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0345458907
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English
About the author
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JOHN IRVING was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.
An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Avenue of Mysteries is his fourteenth novel.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.
An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Avenue of Mysteries is his fourteenth novel.
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"A Prayer for Owen Meany" is by far one of the most thought provoking pieces I have ever encountered. At times I scratched my head in confusion then found myself crying over the pain Johnny was feeling. The novel is controversial and profound. Just make sure someone you know is reading it along with you. During and after the novel, you will need someone to discuss it with!
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Great John Irving book, Loved this one and enjoyed every page.
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Beautiful and rewarding reading. Enjoyed it till the last page.
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I apologize for the short review. I am not a sophisticated reader. I enjoyed this book. It is not clear that I enjoyed it for the correct reasons. The story line and the subtleties are still being sorted. But it was an epic story line that kept one wondering to the end. It is the kind of story that you will continue to ponder for some time.
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I loved The Cider House Rules. A Prayer for Owen Meany is my fav. of all time. But I strongly disliked a Widow for One Year. I did not even finish it!
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Wow!!!! Long book but work it! Great story!
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Great book!
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