Breathing Lessons
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For the 1996 short film, see Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien.
| Breathing Lessons | |
 Cover of the 1989 paperback edition |
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| Author | Anne Tyler |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | 1988 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0394572343 |
Breathing Lessons is a 1988 novel by American author Anne Tyler. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1989.
It describes joys and pains of the ordinary marriage of Ira and Maggie Moran.
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A Television movie based on the book was made in 1994. It was directed by John Erman, and starred James Garner and Joanne Woodward as Ira and Maggie Moran.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Beloved by Toni Morrison |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1989 |
Succeeded by The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos |
