Publisher, Brilliance Audio (August 2009)

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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 and 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.

About the Author: Born in New Hampshire, John Irving is the author of several novels. Mr. Irving is married and has three sons; he lives in Vermont and in Toronto.

About the Performer: Joe Barrett has appeared off-Broadway and in regional theaters in Los Angeles, Houston, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Portland, Maine to name a few. He has appeared in films and television, prime time and late night, and in hundreds of television and radio commercials. As an audiobook narrator, Joe is a two-time Audie Award finalist and has won five Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine.