Find Request It
Cover Image

Digging to America [LP] a novel

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 Yazdans to an arrival party, which becomes an annual event. Maryam, who came to this country thirty-five y...

Full description

Saved in:
Main Author: Tyler, Anne
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Large Print, c2006.
Edition:1st large print ed.
Subjects:
Iranian American women > Fiction.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Fiction.
Intercountry adoption > Fiction.
Iranian Americans > Fiction.
Women immigrants > Fiction.
Baltimore (Md.) > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > Maryland.
Large print books.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000pam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocm64453437
003 OCoLC
005 20230113162300.0
008 060228s2006 nyu d 000 1 eng
010 |a  2006007101 
020 |a 0739326422 
024 3 |a 9780739326428 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d BAKER  |d TEFBT  |d IOS  |d IUK  |d PCB 
043 |a n-us-md  |a a-iq--- 
050 1 0 |a PS3570.Y45  |b D47 2006b 
082 0 0 |a 813/.54  |2 22 
099 0 |a TYL [LP] 
100 1 |a Tyler, Anne. 
245 1 0 |a Digging to America [LP] :  |b a novel /  |c by Anne Tyler. 
250 |a 1st large print ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Random House Large Print,  |c c2006. 
300 |a 405 p. (large print) ;  |c 25 cm. 
520 |a 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 Yazdans 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. 
650 0 |a Iranian American women  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Assimilation (Sociology)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Intercountry adoption  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Iranian Americans  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women immigrants  |v Fiction. 
651 0 |a Baltimore (Md.)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Friendship  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Widows  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Psychological fiction  |z Maryland.  |2 local 
655 7 |a Large print books.  |2 lcgft 
949 |a Schlow  |b SAFICLP  |c Tyler [LP]  |d i  |e 39635102075643  |f 224005  |g loc  |j 03/09/2006 
999 |a 193154 

Similar Items