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. But really every character in the book is trying to find a place for themselves amongst their family and friends. 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. 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.Įven Maryam is drawn in-up to a point. For the Iranian family, especially the grandmother who was a 1st generation immigrant, finding a place in America is an overarching theme (hence the book title 'Digging to America'). 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.Įach couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. Anne Tyler’s richest, most deeply searching novela 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.
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.”
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