Chandler Museum Book Club: Mary Coin by Marisa Silver

300 South Chandler Village Drive,Chandler AZ 85226

15 November, 2022

Description

Introducing the Chandler Museum Book Club! Staff at Chandler Museum and Chandler Public Library have come together to choose a mix of fiction and non-fiction that expand on topics from the exhibition, Picturing Home: Dust Bowl Migrants in Chandler. Read one--or all--of the books we've selected to help you imagine living in the Dust Bowl era, learn more about Dorothea Lange's personal life, and more! Connect with other readers during in-person discussions led my Museum Staff Kristine Clark and Librarian Anbolyn Potter. Future books include: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Nomadland by Jessica Bruder, and The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. --- About Mary Coin by Marisa Silver: "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." --- Want to know more? Email our Community Engagement Specialist at [email protected]