
Breathing Lessons
Registered by ryanreader of St. Petersburg, Florida USA on 3/9/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!

3 journalers for this copy...

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Maggie Moran's mission is to connect and unite people, whether they want to be united or not. Maggie is a meddler and as she and her husband, Ira, drive 90 miles to the funeral of an old friend, Ira contemplates his wasted life and the traffic, while Maggie hatches a plant to reunite her son Jesse with his long-estranged wife and baby. As Ira explains, "She thinks the people she loves are better than they really are, and so then she starts changing things around to suit her view of them." Though everyone criticizes her for being "ordinary," Maggie's ability to see the beauty and potential in others ultimately proves that she is the only one fighting the resignation they all fear. The book captured the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1989.
Maggie Moran's mission is to connect and unite people, whether they want to be united or not. Maggie is a meddler and as she and her husband, Ira, drive 90 miles to the funeral of an old friend, Ira contemplates his wasted life and the traffic, while Maggie hatches a plant to reunite her son Jesse with his long-estranged wife and baby. As Ira explains, "She thinks the people she loves are better than they really are, and so then she starts changing things around to suit her view of them." Though everyone criticizes her for being "ordinary," Maggie's ability to see the beauty and potential in others ultimately proves that she is the only one fighting the resignation they all fear. The book captured the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1989.

dup copy ~ picked up at thrift store
mailed today to ekgv414
mailed today to ekgv414

Received today from ryanreader. Thanks! Adding it to my teetering TBR pile. I'll pass it along when I'm finished.

I was interested in this one mostly because the TV-movie version of it was filmed in a friend's house. But I did enjoy the book - it took place in only one day, but Maggie's whole life story was told through extended flashbacks. I do enjoy stories about ordinary people. Life doesn't have to be crazy and exciting to be good, etc.
Yet another of my lame, late-night journal entries.
Yet another of my lame, late-night journal entries.

Sending to Stacie in Santa Cruz. I hope you enjoy it!

just came in the mail today. Thanks ekgv414.
I'm working my way through the Pulitzer Prize winners and this is one.
I'm working my way through the Pulitzer Prize winners and this is one.

I enjoyed this book. It was well written I thought. I was at times annoyed with the main charicter, Maggie, but I also felt sorry for her.
It is a good book that I would reccomend.
Now I have to get off my butt and release it!
It is a good book that I would reccomend.
Now I have to get off my butt and release it!

Journal Entry 8 by Blackbirds13 at New Leaf Foods in Capitola, California USA on Monday, January 17, 2005
Released 20 yrs ago (1/17/2005 UTC) at New Leaf Foods in Capitola, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
left in the bathroom at New l\Leaf in Capitola.
left in the bathroom at New l\Leaf in Capitola.