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"More powerful and moving than anything Tyler] has done." --Los Angeles Times

"A wonderful novel, glowing with the insight and compassion of an artist's touch." --The Boston Globe

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...

Breathing Lessons covers the events of a day in the life of Maggie Moran, married to Ira and with two children. Her eternal optimism and her passion for sorting out other people's lives and willing them to fall in love is put to the test.

Barnaby Gaitlin is a loser. Just short of 30, he's the black sheep of a philanthropic Baltimore family with an ex-wife, a daughter with attitude, and an unreliable classic car. The author of Breathing Lessons looks at love and families.

When young Jamie Pike dies in a tragic accident, she leaves behind a family numbed with grief and torn with guilt and recrimination. Here, the author explores how each member of the family learns to face the future in their own way.

After losing her husband in a car accident, Rebecca asks herself whether she is an imposter in her own life. Is she really the joyous and outgoing celebrator that her family think she is?

In the bank, thirty-five year old Charlotte Emory withdraws enough money to escape a life and a marriage gone sour. But Charlotte is about to escape in a way she never expected, as a young bank robber takes her hostage, and they head south for Florida in a stolen car.

From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences. Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other.

Having sacked her handyman, the newly, widowed Mrs Emerson quickly finds a replacement in Elizabeth. The Emersons have a reputation for their craziness, and Elizabeth finds herself drawn into their disorderly lives against her will.

On a beach holiday, 40-year-old Cordelia Grinstead walks away from her family, and just keeps walking. She re-invents herself in a new town as a serious-minded woman without ties. But gradually the messy emotions of family life catch up with her once more.

How does a man addicted to routine - a man who flosses his teeth before love-making - cope with the chaos of everyday life? Macon's attempts to do so are tragically and comically undone.