{"product_id":"american-mother-hardcover","title":"American Mother - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDiane Foley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAnderson Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured on \u003cstrong\u003eMSNBC's Morning Joe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does a mother say to the person responsible for kidnapping, torturing, and murdering her son? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann channels Diane Foley's voice as she tells her story, as the mother of American journalist Jim Foley - in search of answers, beyond justice, found through dogged, empathetic, spiritual enquiry. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as \"The Beatles\" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might she even be able to summon forgiveness for him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003cem\u003eAmerican Mother\u003c\/em\u003e-- which reads alternately like a thriller, a biography, a mystery, a memoir, and a literary examination of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane looks back on the early days when Jim was a child and his journey to journalism, and the killing fields of the world where he reports with indefatigable determination and insight on the plight of those caught up in the agonies of war. She guides us through her family history and the difficulties they faced when Jim was captured. And she also charts the tenacity it takes to turn her grief into grace as she seeks to give voice to those who are still being kidnapped and wrongfully detained around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew journeys are more worthy than this and, in this astonishing book, we are all invited to celebrate the lives of those who are never, in the end, gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColum McCann \u003c\/strong\u003ehas seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world's most prestigious literary awards and honors, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2013. His novel \u003cem\u003eTransAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/em\u003e, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international best-seller on four continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiane M. Foley\u003c\/strong\u003e co-founded the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation in the weeks after her son, a freelance journalist, was beheaded by members of ISIS in the Syrian Desert in 2014. Inspired by the life, work, and moral courage of her son, Diane has worked with Congress and every presidential administration since, catalyzing action, research, and policy to win freedom for all US Nationals wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45336894701612,"sku":"9798985882452","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/UJiA5xL71o9798985882452.webp?v=1772257737","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/american-mother-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}