In her richest, most deeply searching novel yet, Tyler pens 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.
When Bitsy\'s recently widowed father sets his sights on Maryam, she must confront her own idea of what it means to be other, and of who she is and what she values..
As they raise their daughters, the Yazdan and Donaldson families grapple with questions of assimilation and identity.
The Iranian-American Sami and Ziba Yazdan, with Ziba\'s elegant and reserved mother, Maryam, in tow, wait quietly while brash and all-American Bitsy and Brad Donaldson, plus extended family, are armed with camcorders and a fleet of balloons proclaiming It\'s a girl After they decide together to throw an impromptu arrival party, a tradition is born, and so begins a lifelong friendship between the two families.
Two families meet at the Baltimore airport while waiting for their baby girls to arrive from Korea.
New York Times Bestseller Rich, tender, and searching, Digging to America challenges the notion that home is a fixed place, and celebrates the subtle complexities of life on all sides of the American experience.
In her richest, most deeply searching novel yet, Tyler pens 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
