num_pages: 9
description: This luminous audiobook brimming with tender observations is about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdam, who after 35 years in this country must finally come to terms with her outsiderness. Unabridged. 7 CDs.
language: English
title: Digging to America
titlecomplete: Digging to America
characters: Jin-Ho, Dave Donaldson, Sooki "Susan", Ziba Yazdam, Bitsy Donaldson, Sami Yazdam, Maryam Yazdam
genres: Literary Fiction, Book Club, Audiobook, Fiction, Adoption, Adult, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Family, Novels
ratings_count: 22116
places: Baltimore, Maryland
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group