Stacy's review
Digging to America
by Anne Tyler
Stacy's review
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
Stacy's review
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This book is simply a lovely story about the friendships of two families who each adopted little girls from Korea. In a twist, one of the adopting families is Iranian which brings up a litany of questions like: what does it really mean to be "American?"; should internationally adopted children keep ties to their heritage language and culture?; and is the American way of raising children really the best? While these families are bound by their daughters and their shared experience as parents, theirl values clash. This book is an interesting look into the American bluster of being the experts on everything, including childrearing, while being blind to the successful family life found in other cultures. The Iranian family has its own challenges in how to be appropriately American for their daughter, but still retaining their identities. Even with these themes of "Who am I?" and "Where do I belong?" the women in this book both show overwhelming love and c...more
