Breathing Lessons -- Anne Tyler, Paperback

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Evoking Jane Austen, Emma Straub, and other masters of the literary marriage, Breathing Lessons celebrates the small miracles and magic of truly knowing someone.

Unfolding over the course of a single emotionally fraught day, this stunning novel encompasses a lifetime of dreams, regrets and reckonings--and is oftern regarded as Tyler's seminal work. Maggie and Ira Moran are on a road trip from Baltimore, Maryland to Deer Lick, Pennsylvania to attend the funeral of a friend. Along the way, they reflect on the state of their marriage, its trials and its triumphs--through their quarrels, their routines, and their ability to tolerate each other's faults with patience and affection. Where Maggie is quirky, lovable and mischievous, Ira is practical, methodical and mired in reason. What begins as a day trip becomes a revelatory and unexpected journey, as Ira and Maggie rediscover the strength of their bond and the joy of having somebody with whom to share the ride, bumps and all.

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

Author: Anne Tyler
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/01/2005
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780345485571

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 10831 / Breathing Lessons

About the Author
ANNE TYLER is the author of more than twenty novels. Her eleventh novel, Breathing Lessons, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.