{"product_id":"american-mother","title":"American Mother","description":"\"One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life.\"—Anderson Cooper\nFeatured on MSNBC's Morning Joe\nWhat 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.\nIn 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?\nSo begins American Mother— which reads alternately like a thriller, a biography, a mystery, a memoir, and a literary examination of grace.\nDiane 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.\nFew 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0BSPDNQXT\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0BSPDNQXT.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McCann, Colum|Foley, Diane\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41552959307834,"sku":"DBV.B0BSPDNQXT.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0BSPDNQXT-0.jpg?v=1784780267","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/american-mother","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}