Digging to America - Ann Tyler

Two families adopt Korean baby girls and become friends after meeting at the airport as the children are delivered.  One family is American as apple pie; the other headed by an Iranian immigrant whose only American-born son and daughter-in-law embrace modern American ways.  The story is primarily about Maryam, grandmother to Suzanne, one of the girls.  The author uses a recurring celebration of the girls arrival anniversary to display the different feelings of her characters as they meld into the society.

I remember reading other books by Tyler and disliking her too tidy wrap up of story in a predictable ending--this one is no different.  When I was ready to yell at Maryam near the end, the author reverses course and puts a bow on the story. 

Since it was written in 2006 it is a perspective on immigration that is worth reading.

Published: 2006  Read: July 2018  Genre: Fiction