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Tuesday, October 7 at 2pm

 Mary Coin

by Marisa Silver

In 1936, a young mother resting by the side of the road in Central California is photographed by a woman documenting migrant laborers in search of work.

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In present day, Walker Dodge, a professor of cultural history, stumbles  upon a family secret embedded in the now-famous picture. Silver creates an extraordinary tale from a brief event in history and its repercussions throughout the decades that follow.

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