a novel Tyler, Anne. creator text Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. New York Alfred A. Knopf 2006 1st ed. monographic eng 277 p. ; 25 cm. Two 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. by Anne Tyler. n-us-md Iranian American women Fiction Assimilation (Sociology) Fiction Intercountry adoption Fiction Iranian Americans Fiction Women immigrants Fiction Friendship Fiction Widows Fiction Baltimore (Md.) Fiction PS3570.Y45 D47 2006 813/.54 0307263940 2005052963 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-b. html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-d. html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-b. html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0625/2005052963-d. html DLC 030227 20190501162420.0 14095760