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Title: An Exhausting Read
Review: I couldn't believe this story took place in just one day. It literally wore me out. I had read and liked several of Anne Tyler's books when they first came out, but after a few books, the quirkiness simply got annoying, and morphed into "precious".I'm reading this as part of a Pulitzer Prize library book club, and frankly it makes next month's selection, The Executioner's Song, look downright cheery. I gave it 2 stars because I know there were examples (none of which I can remember) of a very small comment or description that highlighted a much larger concept of human nature. But Maggie, pleeeeeeeeeeeeese, enough's enough! Most of her escapades were just too predictable. It was hard to see her as a sympathetic character when all I could visualize was Edith Bunker!I recognize that this book is almost 25 years old. Maybe Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler, or me just haven't aged well.
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