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Jan 09, 2016DorisWaggoner rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This novel swings from lighthearted satire to poignant story of the immigrant experience and friendship across all kinds of boundaries (real and manufactured). Tyler does a wonderful job of switching voices, helping us see the world through the eyes of multiple people in the story, from the Iranian immigrant 35 years in America to one of the five year old Korean adoptees, to the newly-widowed trying to find happiness again. Sometimes the satire slides toward farce, which cost it a star in my rating. Yet the complexity of the story of the immigrant experience from multiple viewpoints really is important, and well handled for the most part.