Breathing Lessons Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 350 pages

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Original Title:	Breathing Lessons
ISBN:	0345485599 (ISBN13: 9780345485595)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.annetyler.com/books/breathing-lessons-tr
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1989)

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Maggie and Ira Moran have been married for twenty-eight years–and it shows: in their quarrels, in their routines, in their ability to tolerate with affection each other’s eccentricities. Maggie, a kooky, lovable meddler and an irrepressible optimist, wants nothing more than to fix her son’s broken marriage. Ira is infuriatingly practical, a man “who should have married Ann Landers.” What begins as a day trip to a funeral becomes an adventure in the unexpected. As Maggie and Ira navigate the riotous twists and turns, they intersect with an assorted cast of eccentrics–and rediscover the magic of the road called life and the joy of having somebody next to you to share the ride . . . bumps and all. --back cover

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Title	:	Breathing Lessons
Author	:	Anne Tyler
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	2006 Mass Market edition (USA)
Pages	:	Pages: 350 pages
Published	:	September 26th 2006 by Ballantine Books (first published August 12th 1988)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Literary Fiction. Novels. Adult Fiction. Literature. American

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I bought this book in college, right after it won the Pulitzer in 1989. I started it and thought. . . yeah, like I really want to read about an old married couple, fighting in their car. I not only did NOT continue to read it, I sold it at a used book store. But, there it was again last month, mine for a quarter at an estate sale. I reminded myself that it HAD won a Pulitzer, and I was determined to read it this time.I still struggled with the first 25 pages. And, even though I realized the "old

Dnf @ 24%I cannot get into this book. I don't understand how this won a Pulitzer...

Totally agree with you, Leslie. Stupid people placed in a boring, flat story.

Did they really give her the Pulitzer for this thing?! How utterly appalling! This may qualify as the stupidest book I have ever read. I did not like even one of the characters. Not one! They were annoying and weak and petty. I really wanted to hurl Maggie from the highest bridge just to get her to SHUT UP! Dumb dumb dumb dumb story. Shouldn't have bothered to finish it, but I did. So...more fool me.

When reviewing books with others--whether in text-based or face to face discussions--I am always irritated when readers don't like a book because they "don't like" certain characters in the book. I want to remind them that a) these people are, umm, fictional and b) a diverse mix of characters drives a story, makes it interesting. The truly gifted author fashions characters with weaknesses and flaws as well as strengths and charming bits--the fun is in watching the interplay. When a reader

This is a wonderful, quiet but powerful book, with very rich characterization and an interesting structure. It uses a condensed "day-in-the-life" timeline divided into three parts. The first part is the drive to the funeral that Maggie and Ira attend told from Maggie's POV; the second part the drive home told from Ira's; the third part the coming together of themes and events that occur along the way.I esp. enjoyed how Tyler explores the approach-avoid/love-hate terrain of relationships, where

I have only just started this, but already I also want to scream SHUT UP !! NAH I have too many other books to read (albeit very realistically), a