Mary Coin

by Marisa Silver

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142180785
• ISBN13: 9780142180785
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher