Breathing Lessons

Tyler, Anne

ISBN 10: 0785799524 ISBN 13: 9780785799528

Synopsis

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.” And 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.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A TIME MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A wonderful novel, glowing with the insight and compassion of an artist s touch.
The Boston Globe
More powerful and moving than anything she has done.
Los Angeles Times
Simple, wise, funny, touching, and real . . . Tyler is known for offbeat characters, and Maggie Moran is one of her most endearing.
The Christian Science Monitor
An occasion for laughter and tears.
New York Post
SUPERB FICTION: IT SHOWS US HOW TO LIVE.
Newsday"

A wonderful novel, glowing with the insight and compassion of an artist's touch. The Boston Globe
Superb fiction: It shows us how to live. Newsday
Simple, wise, funny, touching, and real . . . Tyler is known for offbeat characters, and Maggie Moran is one of her most endearing. The Christian Science Monitor
An occasion for laughter and tears. New York Post
More powerful and moving than anything [Tyler] has done. Los Angeles Times"

-A wonderful novel, glowing with the insight and compassion of an artist's touch.---The Boston Globe
-Superb fiction: It shows us how to live.---Newsday
-Simple, wise, funny, touching, and real . . . Tyler is known for offbeat characters, and Maggie Moran is one of her most endearing.---The Christian Science Monitor
-An occasion for laughter and tears.---New York Post
-More powerful and moving than anything [Tyler] has done.---Los Angeles Times

"A wonderful novel, glowing with the insight and compassion of an artist's touch."--The Boston Globe

"Superb fiction: It shows us how to live."--Newsday

"Simple, wise, funny, touching, and real . . . Tyler is known for offbeat characters, and Maggie Moran is one of her most endearing."--The Christian Science Monitor

"An occasion for laughter and tears."--New York Post

"More powerful and moving than anything [Tyler] has done."--Los Angeles Times

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One of five Anne Tyler novels reissued in stunning new jackets

About this edition

• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0785799524
• ISBN 13: 9780785799528
• Binding: Library Binding