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DESCRIPTION:“Digging to America” by Anne Tyler\n\nTwo families meet at 
 the Baltimore airport while waiting for their baby girls to arrive from Ko
 rea. The Iranian-American Sami and Ziba Yazdan\, with Ziba's elegant and r
 eserved mother\, Maryam\, in tow\, wait quietly while brash and all-Americ
 an Bitsy and Brad Donaldson\, plus extended family\, are armed with camcor
 ders 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.\n\nAs they rais
 e their daughters\, the Yazdan and Donaldson families grapple with questio
 ns 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.\n\nBook Club events are
  available both in person at the Association of Retired Faculty office (30
 0 Hammond Pond Parkway\, Newton)\, and via Zoom (contact Laurel Eisenhauer
  at laurel.eisenhauser@bc.edu for details).
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