Breathing Lessons

De: Anne Tyler

Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unfolding over the course of a single emotionally fraught day, this stunning novel encompasses a lifetime of dreams, regrets, and reckonings.  

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.

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much descriptive detail.

this is my 11th and Tyler book and my least favorite. too much detail not related to situations.

Slow and boring

The whole book takes place over one day with flashbacks not so seamlessly thrown into it. Couldn’t finish the book, felt like I was wasting my time. Characters are quite the characters indeed. Prepare to listen to endless bickering haha

breathing lessons

Not a very interesting story. I did get the idea but I prefer much more exciting reads.

Got a bit boring.

Her style was like rambling on and on. But good still. 1st one of her books I have tried

This novel has earned all the recognition ---

Anne Tyler has a craft, an art, a gift, whereby she can transcribe the musings from her heart and mind onto the page. She is a keen beholder of the human condition, and she stuffs each of her characters with an assortment of traits: some good, some bad, some praiseworthy, some annoying, and some destructive. No matter the amalgamation, it all manages to meld into believable, yet quirky characters, who are often stuck in circumstances of their own making, whether they want to admit it. Some of Tyler's characters learn from their mistakes, while others obliviously march-on through life without changing one bit.

Upon finishing the novel, it will be clear to the reader why “Breathing Lessons” has managed to win all the accolades it has earned.