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Digging to America / a novel by Anne Tyler.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0307263940
- Physical Description: 277 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
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| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.8 13 107849. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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- 36 of 36 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rolla Public.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Rolla Public Library | FIC Tyl (Text) | 38256101141137 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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