01454cam a2200253 4500 214716068 TxAuBib 20101214120000.0 981228s1988||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Tyler, Anne. Breathing lessons / Anny Tyler. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 327 pages ; 23 cm. 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. AR 6.5 15.0 10831 M. 20101214. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1989. Married people Fiction. Funeral rites and ceremonies Fiction. Families Fiction. Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction.