6/29/2023 0 Comments Digging to America by Anne Tyler![]() ![]() Simultaneous release with the Knopf hardcover (Reviews, Feb. This hilarious audiobook actually improves a fine novel. Brown remembers that the children of immigrants sound like their peers, not their parents. In contrast, American-born Sami, Maryam's son, speaks like the prototypical Easterner. Brown's enactment of Iranian immigrant Maryam Yazdan and Ziba, her daughter-in-law, is amazing in her accurate reproduction of the soft and liquid Farsi vowels. Both adults and children are played to perfection. See search resultsfor this author Anne Tyler(Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars348 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. 28 2007 by Anne Tyler (Author) Visit Amazon's Anne Tyler page Find all the books, read about the author and more. Brown makes this wry satire about the adoption of foreign babies so laugh-out-loud funny that standup comics could study her timing. Digging to America: A Novel Paperback Aug. Manifests her outstanding talent as she moves lightly and briskly through the narrative, pausing ever so slightly before Tyler's clever punch lines for added effect. She's had plenty of practice performing audiobooks, including Linda Fairstein's Death Dance Blair Brown is one of those rare performers who can capture an author's voice to perfection. ![]()
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