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Love in a Global Village presents love stories in which couples recount their courtships, their adventures and difficulties, and their individual choices to build lives together despite differences of race, language, religion, and culture. Divided into four sections, the book presents a progression from early courtship and marriage to raising children and preserving multiple cultures and traditions.
Welcomed into homes in towns like Kalona, Iowa, and Springfield, Missouri, Grearson and Smith introduce readers to unexpected fusions of culture in middle America. In one home an answering machine greets callers in both English and Mandarin. in another, wedding photos show a freckled Iowan bride dressed for a traditional Sikh wedding ceremony.
By focusing on small communities where intercultu
