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"Breath Exercises" depicts a single day in the life of Maggie and Ira Moran, both in their fifties and married for twenty-eight years. Early in the morning, they get into the car to support Maggie's best friend at her husband's funeral, embarking on a long journey. Although it is not an ordinary day, and it evokes memories that lead them to reflect on their shared life path, it still remains within the bounds of what the couple considers normality. With her exceptional powers of observation, psychological insight, humor, and narrative strength, Anne Tyler captures the patterns and rituals of this marriage, uncovering principles of astonishing universality.