Breathing Lessons | Characters
Maggie Moran is a lovable, bumbling optimist who tries to see the best in everyone. Her friendships are enduring, for example, and she is even willing to embarrass herself to make her friends happy, singing a song at Serena's husband's funeral. Although her heart is in the right place, she distorts reality and can irritate or infuriate those she tries to manipulate.
Maggie's husband, Ira Moran represents the steadying influence of the realist. Whereas Maggie wants to rearrange relationships, Ira accepts things the way they are. Jesse and Fiona, his son and daughter-in-law have...
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