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050		0	_aPS3570.Y45 _bD47 2006
082	0		_a813/.54 _222
100	1		_aTyler, Anne.
240	0	0	_aDigging to America
245	0	0	_aDigging to America _ba novel _cby Anne Tyler
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _bAlfred A. Knopf _c2006
300			_a323 p. _c25 cm
520			_aTwo 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.
650	1	0	_aIranian American women _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aAssimilation (Sociology) _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aIntercountry adoption _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aIranian Americans _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aWomen immigrants _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aFriendship _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aWidows _vFiction.
651		0	_aBaltimore (Md.) _vFiction.
655		0	_aPsychological fiction. _2lcsh
655		0	_aDomestic fiction. _2lcsh
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-d.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2005052963-s.html
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