Adopting America is perhaps one of Anne Tyler's warmest novels. This is a story about what it means to be an American. Two families who would never normally meet collide at the airport—the Native American Donaldsons and the Yazdans, who are of Iranian descent. Both couples are awaiting the arrival of baby girls they adopted from Korea. The children arrive and the adults decide to celebrate their first anniversary together. From this day on, families meet, become closer, and gradually their destinies become intertwined. The novel is full of light, tenderness, and amazing observations of life. A story told from two points of view - people born and raised in the country, and people who came to it and are trying to make themselves here.