<![CDATA[Digging to America]]>

false <![CDATA[Digging to America]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157224077m/698.jpg 698 25 In what is perhaps her richest and most deeply searching novel, Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after Thirty-five 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 American wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate with an “arrival party,” an event that is repeated every year as the two families become more deeply intertwined. Even independent-minded Maryam is drawn in. But only up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by one of the Donaldson clan, a good-hearted man of her vintage, recently widowed and still recovering from his wife’s death, suddenly all the values she cherishes—her traditions, her privacy, her otherness—are threatened. Somehow this big American takes up so much space that the orderly boundaries of her life feel invaded. A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that cast a penetrating light on the American way as seen from two perspectives, those who are born here and those who are still struggling to fit in. 3140490 2 5 2006 Digging to America total:4413|5:476|4:1671|3:1674|2:494|1:98| 4413 15172 5669 886 4 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:38:02 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 19:50:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 14:13:50 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 14:13:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 4 false false Wed Jul 23 11:59:27 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 11:59:27 -0700 2008
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It follows the intertwined lives of two couples who meet at the Baltimore Airport when picking up their adopt...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 15:56:08 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:58:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 07:31:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 21:39:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 08 08:40:54 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 21 08:26:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:46:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:46:59 -0800 2009 In some ways, Anne Tyler's seventeenth novel departs from her trademark domestic dramas (The Amateur Marriage, ***1/2 May/June 2004). Like much of her previous work, Digging to America takes place in Baltimore, masterfully dissects "the fine threads of human relationships" (Wall Street Jou...

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The Publisher’s note says it as well as I could:
Anne Tyler's richest, most deeply searching novel, a story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 12:28:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:51:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 09:57:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:58:00 -0800 2009
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