The Common Good Book Club Discusses "Mary Coin"

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.

“…a
powerful, moving portrait of America during the Great Depression. Silver is one
of those preternaturally gifted writers who can with the lightest of touches
make the reader enter a world that feels as fully real as the one around us.” —Meghan O’Rourke, author of The Long Goodbye

“Mary
Coin is quite simply
one of the best novels I have read in years.” —Ben
Fountain, author of the 2012 National Book Award winner Billy Lynn’s Long
Halftime Walk

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