![]() ![]() ![]() When she finds herself being courted by one of the Donaldson clan, a good-hearted man of her vintage, recently widowed and still recovering from his wife's death, suddenly all the values she cherishes - her traditions, her privacy, her otherness - are threatened. "Even independent-minded Maryam is drawn in. After the babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate with an "arrival party," an event that is repeated every year as the two families become more deeply intertwined." ![]() Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. "In this novel, Anne Tyler gives us a story about what it is to be an American, and about Maryam Yazdan, who after thirty-five years in this country must finally come to terms with her "outsiderness."" "Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport - the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryam's fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian American wife. Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you. ![]()
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