{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE TYLER was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1941 and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the author of more than twenty novels. Her twentieth novel, \u003ci\u003eA Spool of Blue Thread, \u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2015. Her eleventh novel, \u003ci\u003eBreathing Lessons, \u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641379983634,"sku":"9780345492340","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec064d9c-90b7-4d31-a9b9-718cb2579d2e.jpg?v=1733013358","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/digging-to-america-9780345492340","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}