Digging to America
About this book
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.
Reader Profile
3.6/5 · 23916 readers · 308 pages · ≈ 5 h 42 m · Light
How long does it take to read Digging to America?
About ≈ 5 h 42 m — 308 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Digging to America?
308 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Digging to America?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Digging to America in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Digging to America?
Anne Tyler (1941–0).