Breathing Lessons (by Anne Tyler)

I’m glad I decided to re-read my books by Anne Tyler. She’s an American novelist who writes in a quirky, light style with amazing attention to detail, and a depth of understanding of human nature that makes the books surprisingly profound and thought-provoking.

It’s more than twenty years since I last read ‘Breathing Lessons’, and all I remembered about it was that it took place over the course of one day, when a middle-aged American couple made a car journey.  Essentially, that’s the plot. In t...