Breathing Lessons
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| Author(s) | Anne Tyler |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 0-394-57234-3 |
| OCLC Number | 17917014 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 19 |
| LC Classification | PS3570.Y45 B74 1988 |
Breathing Lessons is a 1988 novel by American author Anne Tyler. It is her eleventh book.
Plot
The story describes the joys and pains of the ordinary marriage of Ira and Maggie Moran as they travel from Baltimore to attend a funeral and back home again in one day. It also examines Maggie's attempts to reconcile her son and daughter-in-law. A few detours during their 90-mile drive reveal Ira and Maggie's "incompatibilities, disappointments, unmet expectations--and lasting love". [1]
Adaptations
There have been several adaptations of Breathing Lessons in other media.
In 1994, a television movie based on the book was made for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It was directed by John Erman, and starred James Garner and Joanne Woodward as Ira and Maggie Moran.
Kevin McKeon also adapted the novel into a stage play. From June 6-June 29, 2003, he directed its premier run at the Book-It Repertory Theatre, at Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle Center, in Seattle, Washington.
Awards
Breathing Lessons won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989. It was also Time Magazine's Book of the Year.[2]
References
- ^ Teisch, Jessica. "Anne Tyler." Bookmarks (Issue 25). Nov./Dec. 2006.
- ^ http://www.enotes.com/breathing-lessons
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