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American Mother

De: Colum McCann, Diane Foley
Narrado por: Colum McCann, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Rock
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Bloomsbury presents American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley, read by Colum McCann, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kristen Rock.

An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden Keefe
A 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMES
AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss.

It has been eleven years since Diane Foley’s son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole decade. Time rushes past. And yet, for Diane, that moment is unending.

In American Mother, legendary author Colum McCann tells Diane’s story as she recalls the months of his captivity, the efforts made to bring him home and the days following his death, in which Diane came face to face with one of the men responsible for her son’s kidnapping and torture. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman’s extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son’s memory alive.(P)2024 Etruscan Press Arte y literatura Guerra y crisis Lengua y gramática Periodistas, redactores y editores Política y gobierno Redacción y publicación

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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
This is an extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage. Bookended by Diane Foley's meetings with her son's killer, American Mother plunges us into the heart of darkness and then, somehow, on the far end, discovers unexpected light and hope. 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)
Profoundly moving … As much about a search for forgiveness - and its limits - as a description of horror, love and spiritual endurance … A woman of remarkable courage and emotional intellect who describes her profound religious belief with humility … McCann's writing here is excoriating in its detail … I cannot recall ever crying so much while reading a book
Powerful and devastating … reading this book is to be side by side with Diane
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
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
She has put her extraordinarily painful experiences into a powerful new book simply but beautifully titled American Mother (Emma Barnett)
Story of grace and possible redemption … It is impossible to read American Mother without remembering McCann’s magnificent seventh 2020 novel Apeirogon … Excellent
One of the most extraordinary stories that I have read in years (Sting)
Having lived through every mother’s worst nightmare and somehow survived, Diane Foley leads with her heart in her fierce advocacy for Americans captured abroad. Now, in this book, she helps us understand how that is possible by inviting us to walk with her through some of the hardest moments of her life, courageously facing the unthinkable, sharing a candour that takes your breath away, and a deep hope that generations to come will never have to face what she did (Judy Woodruff)
The acclaimed novelist Colum McCann makes his nonfiction debut with American Mother, a book written with Diane Foley, whose son, the journalist James Foley, was murdered by Islamic State in 2014 (Rachel Cooke)
Working with Irish novelist McCann, Diane Foley, mother of the murdered journalist James Foley, recounts the desperate story of his capture in Syria in 2014,efforts to secure his release, his public execution and its aftermath
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