num_pages: 291
description: Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport, each anticipating the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. Brad and Bitsy Donaldson, all-American suburbanites, and their gift-laden clan resemble a gigantic baby shower with their flotilla of silvery balloons and pink ribbons. Iranian-born matriarch Maryam Yazdan stands unobtrusively in the back of the waiting area with her fully assimilated son, Sami, and his attractive Iranian American wife, Ziba. When Bitsy invites the Yazdans to an "arrival party" at the Donaldson home, an improbably friendship begins, and the occasion evolves into an annual tradition. Over the years, as the parents, children, and grand-parents become more deeply entwined, cultures clash, values are challenged, and the American way is seen from the beguiling perspectives of both those who are born here and hose who are struggling to fit in.--back cover
language: English
title: Digging to America
titlecomplete: Digging to America
characters: Ziba Yazdam, Sooki "Susan", Dave Donaldson, Sami Yazdam, Jin-Ho, Maryam Yazdam, Bitsy Donaldson
genres: Audiobook, Book Club, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Adoption, Adult, Family, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 22108
places: Baltimore, Maryland
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Ballantine Books