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It had been called The Orange Grove; my mother had joked to Mr. ECAUSE HE WASN'T A GREAT THINKER, HE WAS A GREAT FEELERl TO BEGIN, YOU SIMPLY TAKE ONE OF HIS BLUNT O But it was from my grandmother that I gained the confidence that I could imitate Owen Meany's voice at all. When they were standing side by side, Owen came up only to the dummy's breasts; when he lifted her, her breasts were above his head-pointing the way.

(To my knowledge, George Meany is not related to the Meany family from my town. Except for his Basic Training-at Fort Knox or Fort Bragg-Owen had never been out of New England; I'd never been out of New England, either. Perhaps those bone-white, elongated arms had especially frightened him-as if Death itself had exaggerated my mother's reach, and the Rev. That's just phenol, said Major Rawls.