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      Breathing Lessons

      by Anne Tyler
      Published
      Jan 1988
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      352
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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." 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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