Mary Coin
Title:
Mary Coin
Author:
Silver, Marisa, author.
ISBN:
9780142180785
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Summary
Summary
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 from a brief event in history and its repercussions throughout the decades that follow--a reminder that a great photograph captures the essence of a moment yet only scratches the surface of a life.
Author Notes
Marisa Silver made her fictional debut in "The New Yorker". She has previously worked as a feature film director & lives in Los Angeles.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Excerpts
Excerpts
At first she thought someone had released a flock of birds into the room. The museum gallery whispered with the sound of wings and flight and she thought of the starlings wheeling through the flat Oklahoma sky, a solid flag of them waving in the currents of a wind. Was that seventy years ago? More?... A child's cry broke through. Mary, always keen to a child's distress, turned towards the sound. And there, across the room, hung the familiar charcoal gray shapes of the image that shadowed her life.... The gallery had grown quieter and, for a moment, Mary was alone with the picture. She saw her reflection in the glass. There they were. Two women named Mary Coin. If they met on the street in the high heat of a summer's afternoon, they would be polite in the old fashioned way to show they meant one another no harm. "Hello," they would say in passing. "My, but isn't it a wretched day?" Excerpted from Mary Coin by Marisa Silver All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Books
SD_ILS:757830
English
2014
2013
Silver, Marisa, author.
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Women photographers -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Photojournalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Rural poor -- United States -- Fiction.
United States.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Silver, Marisa, author.
Silver, Marisa, author.
Women migrant labor -- Fiction.
Women photographers -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Photojournalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Rural poor -- United States -- Fiction.
SIL
United States.
First published in the United States by Blue Rider Press, 2013.
Women migrant labor -- Fiction.
Women photographers -- Fiction.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Photojournalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Rural poor -- United States -- Fiction.
United States.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
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1
2
3
4
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Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Women migrant labor -- Fiction.
2013-2014
Mary Coin
2014
2013
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in Central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression. Three vibrant characters anchor the narrative of Mary Coin. Mary, the migrant mother herself, who emerges as a woman with deep reserves of courage and nerve, with private passions and carefully-guarded secrets. Vera Dare, the photographer wrestling with creative ambition who makes the choice to leave her children in order to pursue her work. And Walker Dodge, a present-day professor of cultural history, who discovers a family mystery embedded in the picture. In luminous, exquisitely rendered prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief moment in history, and reminds us that although a great photograph can capture the essence of a moment, it only scratches the surface of a life.
9780142180785
322 pages ; 21 cm.
In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of a road in Central California is spontaneously photographed by a woman documenting the migrant laborers who have taken to America's farms in search of work. Little personal information is exchanged, and neither woman has any way of knowing that they have produced what will become the most iconic image of the Great Depression. Three vibrant characters anchor the narrative of Mary Coin. Mary, the migrant mother herself, who emerges as a woman with deep reserves of courage and nerve, with private passions and carefully-guarded secrets. Vera Dare, the photographer wrestling with creative ambition who makes the choice to leave her children in order to pursue her work. And Walker Dodge, a present-day professor of cultural history, who discovers a family mystery embedded in the picture. In luminous, exquisitely rendered prose, Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief moment in history, and reminds us that although a great photograph can capture the essence of a moment, it only scratches the surface of a life.
Marisa, author. Silver
Mary Coin
Fiction
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Milton Public Library
Book
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