For the novel "Breathing Lessons," Anne Tyler received the Pulitzer Prize. Maggie is impulsive and spontaneous; Ira is thorough and unhurried. Maggie makes mistakes. Ira never commits such sins. They have been married for twenty-eight years; their life is ordinary, calm, and... boring. One gloomy day, they embark on a car trip—to the funeral of an old friend. But suddenly Maggie hears on the radio, live, that her ex-daughter-in-law is announcing she is getting married again. And the trip to the funeral turns into a mission to save their son's marriage. A touching, ironic, funny, and bitter chronicle of one day in the lives of Maggie and Ira—this is a deep dive into the essence of family relationships, a comedy mixed with high drama. "Breathing Lessons" is a quiet masterpiece by one of the best contemporary writers.