American Mother by Colum McCann and Diane Foley 2025 Trade Paperback Memoir of Resilience-image

American Mother by Colum McCann and Diane Foley 2025 Trade Paperback Memoir of Resilience

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Format: Trade Paperback gtin13: 9781639735679 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA Item Weight: 8.8 Oz Item Width: 5.4 in Synopsis: AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe With National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, Diane Foley courageously returns to the story of her son, American journalist James Foley, who went abroad and never came home. In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "the Beatles," who pled guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son James Foley seven years before. She asked the legendary writer Colum McCann to be there. "One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not my life." -Anderson Cooper "A work of great faith and redemption. Here is a woman making the whole world accessible to us all." -Jamie Lee Curtis "A spectacular tale of violence and forgiveness." -Salman Rushdie "Foley's urge to understand the psychology of one of her son's captors made her a perfect match for McCann." - The New York Times "A book that will shake your soul out." -Sting "A call to decency in a war-torn world." -Deborah Jackson Taffa, AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe With National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, Diane Foley courageously returns to the story of her son, American journalist James Foley, who went abroad and never came home. Illustrator: Yes Publication Year: 2025 Genre: Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography Reviews: "One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life." -- Anderson Cooper " American Mother is a book that will shake your soul out. A thriller, a memoir, a mystery, a portrait of forgiveness, and a literary song of grace, Colum McCann and Diane Foley have filled the empty chair for us all. One of the most extraordinarily well-braided stories that I have read in years." -- Sting "A spectacular tale of violence and forgiveness" -- Salman Rushdie "This is a work of great faith and redemption. And here is a woman making the whole world accessible to us all." -- Jamie Lee Curtis "Diane Foley's voice, as captured by Colum McCann, is one of the most compelling in recent literary memory. An honest, searing, heartbreaking book." -- Patrick Radden Keefe "The courage and generosity of spirit of Diane Foley in sharing her story about the loss of her beloved son, Jim, is a very special gift. Diane's unyielding faith in the goodness of others and her commitment to changing the status quo give us all hope." -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi "In this book, [Diane Foley] . . . invit[es] us to walk with her through some of the hardest moments of her life, courageously facing the unthinkable, sharing a candor that takes your breath away, and a deep hope that generations to come will never have to face what she did." -- Judy Woodruff "Foley's urge to understand the psychology of one of her son's captors made her a perfect match for McCann, who has described the value of 'radical empathy' to his moral compass." -- New York Times "It's kind of unique in my experience. . . . It's a novelist writing about an actual event with a depth and thoroughness that you never get from the news." -- Michael Cunningham via New York Times "An innovative, unsettling and utterly compelling narrative." -- Washington Post "Reading American Mother is nothing but humbling: that we should all be so decent and so wise, so generous of heart."" -- The Guardian "Diane Foley's faith and empathy . . . is nothing short of miraculous. And when, finally, Kotey shakes her hand, something an Isis man would never usually do, he seems to be quite as in awe of her courage as any reader will be" -- Sunday Times "Powerful and devastating . . . reading this book is to be side by side with Diane" -- Daily Mail "As an explanation of grief American Mother is elegant . . . What marks it out is how Diane Foley became an unlikely political activist . . . Graceful and compassionate" -- Irish Independent "This is a book of agony, where the greatest of all may be Diane Foley's ignorance of what really happened to her son . . . Remarkable, stirring" -- Irish Times " American Mother hits bookshelves at a time when understanding the experience of those held captive is a matter not only of empathy but also of public policy" -- Christian Science Monitor "Artfully structured and delivered with propulsive intensity and heart, American Mother takes us deep into what must be every parent's nightmare." -- Pico Iyer, Air Mail "It is hard to call such a tragic story a thing of beauty, and yet that is what McCann has created here. Unforgettable." -- Booklist, starred review "A harrowing memoir of grief and love." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review, " American Mother is a book that will shake your soul out. A thriller, a memoir, a mystery, a portrait of forgiveness, and a literary song of grace, Colum McCann and Diane Foley have filled the empty chair for us all. One of the most extraordinarily well-braided stories that I have read in years." -- Sting "The courage and generosity of spirit of Diane Foley in sharing her story about the loss of her beloved son, Jim, is a very special gift. Diane's unyielding faith in the goodness of others and her commitment to changing the status quo give us all hope." -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi "In this book, [Diane Foley] . . . invit[es] us to walk with her through some of the hardest moments of her life, courageously facing the unthinkable, sharing a candor that takes your breath away, and a deep hope that generations to come will never have to face what she did." -- Judy Woodruff "Diane Foley's voice, as captured by Colum McCann, is one of the most compelling in recent literary memory. An honest, searing, heartbreaking book." -- Patrick Radden Keefe, " American Mother is a book that will shake your soul out. A thriller, a memoir, a mystery, a portrait of forgiveness, and a literary song of grace, Colum McCann and Diane Foley have filled the empty chair for us all. One of the most extraordinarily well-braided stories that I have read in years." -- Sting "The courage and generosity of spirit of Diane Foley in sharing her story about the loss of her beloved son, Jim, is a very special gift. Diane's unyielding faith in the goodness of others and her commitment to changing the status quo give us all hope." -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi "In this book, [Diane Foley] . . . invit[es] us to walk with her through some of the hardest moments of her life, courageously facing the unthinkable, sharing a candor that takes your breath away, and a deep hope that generations to come will never have to face what she did." -- Judy Woodruff "Diane Foley's voice, as captured by Colum McCann, is one of the most compelling in recent literary memory. An honest, searing, heartbreaking book." -- Patrick Radden Keefe "One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life." -- Anderson Cooper "A spectacular tale of violence and forgiveness" -- Salman Rushdie "Foley's urge to understand the psychology of one of her son's captors made her a perfect match for McCann, who has described the value of 'radical empathy' to his moral compass." -- New York Times "It's kind of unique in my experience. . . . It's a novelist writing about an actual event with a depth and thoroughness that you never get from the news." -- Michael Cunningham via New York Times "Reading American Mother is nothing but humbling: that we should all be so decent and so wise, so generous of heart."" -- The Guardian "It is hard to call such a tragic story a thing of beauty, and yet that is what McCann has created here. Unforgettable." -- Booklist, starred review "A harrowing memoir of grief and love." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "An innovative, unsettling and utterly compelling narrative." -- Washington Post "Artfully structured and delivered with propulsive intensity and heart, American Mother takes us deep into what must be every parent's nightmare." -- Pico Iyer, Air Mail " American Mother hits bookshelves at a time when understanding the experience of those held captive is a matter not only of empathy but also of public policy" -- Christian Science Monitor "This is a work of great faith and redemption. And here is a woman making the whole world accessible to us all." -- Jamie Lee Curtis, "One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life." -- Anderson Cooper " American Mother is a book that will shake your soul out. A thriller, a memoir, a mystery, a portrait of forgiveness, and a literary song of grace, Colum McCann and Diane Foley have filled the empty chair for us all. One of the most extraordinarily well-braided stories that I have read in years." -- Sting "A spectacular tale of violence and forgiveness" -- Salman Rushdie "This is a work of great faith and redemption. And here is a woman making the whole world accessible to us all." -- Jamie Lee Curtis "Diane Foley's voice, as captured by Colum McCann, is one of the most compelling in recent literary memory. An honest, searing, heartbreaking book." -- Patrick Radden Keefe "The courage and generosity of spirit of Diane Foley in sharing her story about the loss of her beloved son, Jim, is a very special gift. Diane's unyielding faith in the goodness of others and her commitment to changing the status quo give us all hope." -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi "In this book, [Diane Foley] . . . invit[es] us to walk with her through some of the hardest moments of her life, courageously facing the unthinkable, sharing a candor that takes your breath away, and a deep hope that generations to come will never have to face what she did." -- Judy Woodruff "Foley's urge to understand the psychology of one of her son's captors made her a perfect match for McCann, who has described the value of 'radical empathy' to his moral compass." -- New York Times "It's kind of unique in my experience. . . . It's a novelist writing about an actual event with a depth and thoroughness that you never get from the news." -- Michael Cunningham via New York Times "An innovative, unsettling and utterly compelling narrative." -- Washington Post "Reading American Mother is nothing but humbling: that we should all be so decent and so wise, so generous of heart."" -- The Guardian " American Mother hits bookshelves at a time when understanding the experience of those held captive is a matter not only of empathy but also of public policy" -- Christian Science Monitor "Artfully structured and delivered with propulsive intensity and heart, American Mother takes us deep into what must be every parent's nightmare." -- Pico Iyer, Air Mail "It is hard to call such a tragic story a thing of beauty, and yet that is what McCann has created here. Unforgettable." -- Booklist, starred review "A harrowing memoir of grief and love." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Item Height: 0.8 in Number of Pages: 240 Pages Intended Audience: Trade Author: Colum Mccann, Diane Foley Book Title: American Mother : Alife Reclaimed brand: Bloomsbury Publishing USA Topic: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Genocide & War Crimes, General ISBN-13: 9781639735679 Item Length: 8 in ISBN-10: 1639735674 Language: English

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  1. A powerful, deeply moving memoir about resilience and hope. Diane Foley’s story is heartbreaking yet inspiring, beautifully co-written with Colum McCann. A must-read for anyone who believes in the strength of the human spirit. The raw honesty and emotional depth make it unforgettable. Highly recommend!

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