{"product_id":"digging-to-america-9780345492340","title":"Digging to America","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- From the beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes \"an intimate picture of middle-class family life\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) that challenges the notion that home is a fixed place, and celebrates the subtle complexities of life on all sides of the American experience.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two families meet at the Baltimore airport while waiting for their baby girls to arrive from Korea. The Iranian-American Sami and Ziba Yazdan, with Ziba's elegant and reserved mother, Maryam, in tow, wait quietly while brash and all-American Bitsy and Brad Donaldson, plus extended family, are armed with camcorders and a fleet of balloons proclaiming \"It's a girl!\" After they decide together to throw an impromptu \"arrival party,\" a tradition is born, and so begins a lifelong friendship between the two families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As they raise their daughters, the Yazdan and Donaldson families grapple with questions of assimilation and identity. When Bitsy's recently widowed father sets his sights on Maryam, she must confront her own idea of what it means to be other, and of who she is and what she values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345492340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/07\/2007 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e107849 \/ Digging to America: A Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 13\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Tyler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537399312565,"sku":"9780345492340","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fccc93a3-e48f-47dc-bf21-92d029855c41.jpg?v=1779169378","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/digging-to-america-9780345492340","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}