Although not specifically Catholic, and there is some kidding around about Catholics, like calling nuns penguins, A Prayer For Owen Meany falls nicely in our Edgy Catholic Saint-like story category. We don’t want to spoil it for you, but just check out the first sentence (my favorite first sentence, ever!):
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice – not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother’s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.
We want more writers to write stories like this one, and we thank Mr. Irving for his one-book diversion into the Edgy-Catholic world, or, at least, the Edgy-Christian world. Edgy Catholic cannot recommend this one enough. Check it out at these links: