Digging to America

Digging to America
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Publisher : Seal Books
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780307375131
ISBN-13 : 0307375137
Rating : 4/5 (137 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Digging to America by : Anne Tyler

Download or read book Digging to America written by Anne Tyler and published by Seal Books. This book was released on 2010-02-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novel–a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her “outsiderness.” Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport – the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam’s fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an “arrival party” that from then on is repeated every year as the two families become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is drawn in – up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by Bitsy Donaldson’s recently widowed father, all the values she cherishes – her traditions, her privacy, her otherness–are suddenly threatened. A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that immerse us in the challenges of both sides of the American story.


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