When Owen Meany said READY? I figured we had about two seconds left to live. And because there was already a Paul in the family, I suppose that's why they called him Owen ; where that middle name came from, he never said-I never knew. Germaine would sleep in the other twin bed in my room. It's Father Findley.
l, among millions, Owen Meany and I were permanently conditioned to flinch at the sound of a different kind of gunshot: that much But what about a Christ Child who sneezes and coughs, and has to blow his nose? I thought. DON'T BE AFRAID, Owen told me. some accident? I asked.
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