Digging to America
a novel
by Anne Tyler
- 7 Want to read
Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport. The families lives become interwined after the Donaldsons, a young American couple invite the Yazdan's, Maryam, her son and his Iranian American wife to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five years earlier, feels her values threatened when she is courted by a newly widowed Donaldson. 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.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: Spanish English French Dutch Undetermined
Subjects
Social life and customs, Iranian American women, Iranian Americans, Women immigrants, Fiction, Assimilation (Sociology), Iranierin, Akkulturation, Intercountry adoption, Widows, Friendship, Adopted children, Emigration and immigration, Manners and customs, Baltimore (md.), fiction, United states, social life and customs, fiction, Fiction, general, Large type books, Fiction, psychological, Friendship, fiction, Widows, fiction, Novela psicológica, Amistad, Novela psicologia, Materiales en español, Mujeres inmigrantes, Novela, Psychological fiction, University of South Alabama, Adoption, Fictional Works, Domestic fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, general, Famille, Romans, nouvelles, Assimilation (Sociologie), Adoption internationale, Immigrantes, Amitie, Veuves, Américains d'origine iranienne, Iranian American women -- Fiction, Assimilation (Sociology) -- Fiction, Intercountry adoption -- Fiction, Women immigrants -- Fiction, Friendship -- Fiction, Widows -- Fiction, Iranian Americans -- Fiction, Adoption -- Fiction, Américaines d'origine iranienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Assimilation (Sociologie) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Adoption internationale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Immigrantes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Veuves -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Américains d'origine iranienne -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Novela psicología, Novela de la vida familiar, Baltimore (Md.) -- Fiction, Maryland -- BaltimorePlaces
Baltimore (Md.), United States, Maryland, Baltimore, USAShowing 11 featured editions. View all 28 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
01
|
cccc
|
02
|
eeee
|
03
|
cccc
|
04
|
eeee
|
05
Propios Y Extranos/ Digging to America
January 30, 2007, Alfaguara
Paperback
in Spanish
8420470422 9788420470429
|
cccc
|
06
Digging to America: a novel
2007, Ballantine Books
in English
- Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
034549234X 9780345492340
|
eeee
|
07
|
eeee
|
08
|
aaaa
|
09
|
cccc
|
10
|
eeee
|
11
|
eeee
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
See All
History
- Created November 11, 2008
- 8 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| September 16, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | correct ia:ic source_record |
| November 27, 2022 | Edited by dcapillae | merge authors |
| August 18, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | normalize LCCNs |
| July 14, 2011 | Edited by Hilary Caws-Elwitt | merge authors |
| November 11, 2008 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from Ithaca College Library MARC record |