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
wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted
infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from
distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively
invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an “arrival party” that
from then on is repeated every year as the two families
become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is
drawn in – up to a point. When she finds herself being
courted by Bitsy Donaldson’s recently widowed father, all
the values she cherishes – her traditions, her privacy,
her otherness–are suddenly threatened.
A luminous
novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations
that immerse us in the challenges of both sides of the
American story.
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