Worth the Read
Digging to America is a very thoughtful story of 2 families, the Donaldson’s, a typical American family and the Yazdans, Iranian immigrants. The book opens with both families, not knowing each other at the time, waiting at the airport for the arrival of their two baby daughter’s that each family has adopted from Korea. When the families realize they were both adopting babies from Korea, they thought it would be nice to stay in touch so that the girls could see each other. This was the beginning of the stories of 2 quite different families and their blossoming friendship.
It was a very thoughtful story that had me laughing and even teary eyed at times. It was a nice story, worth the time, just not great. I listened to the Audio CD version and the narrator, Blair Brown was excellent! She really brought the story to life!
3.5/5
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I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for quite a while – my mother bought a copy for me thinking that it would be something I would like to read since my youngest daughter is adopted from China. I really should pick it up sometime!
I really think you would enjoy it Stephanie!
This sounds emotional
Sounds like a cool, heartwarming story.
I love Anne Tyler! We have a street in our neighborhood named after her! Somehow this book slipped past me, so I need to read it.