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A Prayer for Owen Meaney
Owen Meany spends his life searching for the meaning of religion. Owen and his best friend, John Wheelwright, grow up in New Hampshire in the 1960's. ...

A Prayer for Owen Meany
Adult teacher John Wheelwright recalls the accidental death of his mother at the hands of his childhood best friend, Owen Meany - a physically disable...

A Son of the Circus
Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla, an Indian orthopedic doctor, living in Canada, revisits his native land periodically to work with crippled children. He also h...

A Widow For One Year
Ruth Cole is a little girl when the first section of this book, set in 1958, opens. Her father is an author world famous for his children's book. Bu...

Imaginary Girlfriend
In this memoir, bestselling author John Irving intersperses stories of his wrestling career (he both wrestled as a student and coached wrestling) with...

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The Cider House Rules
Homer Wells is an orphan. He has been adopted several times, but he always returns back to the orphanage. He is raised by Dr. Larch, the doctor of the...



The Fourth Hand
Random House, Jul 2001, 26.95, 316 pp. ISBN: 9375506276 Drop dead gorgeous hunk Patrick Wallingford is covering the Great Ganesg Circus in...

The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire takes place in hotels, in New England and in Vienna, during the Nazi era. The novel features the Berry family: father Win Ber...

The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp is often billed as a coming-of-age novel, but in fact spans T.S. Garp's entire life, beginning with his unconventional con...

Until I Find You
Jack Burns begins life in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His mother is a tattoo artist and his father is an "ink addict", meaning that he wants to have every ...

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