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Mary Coin A Novel

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ISBN-10: 0142180785

ISBN-13: 9780142180785

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marisa Silver

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Bestselling author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother photograph as inspiration for a story of two women--one famous and one forgotten--and their remarkable chance encounter. In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work. Few personal details are exchanged and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. In present day, Walker Dodge, a professor of cultural history, stumbles upon a family secret embedded in the now-famous picture. In luminous prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale…    
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Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/25/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Marisa Silver made her fictional debut in "The New Yorker". She has previously worked as a feature film director & lives in Los Angeles.