American Mother Community Read

Lit Youngstown, the Youngstown Press Club, the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County Present American Mother: a Community Read 

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Etruscan Press has donated 500 copies of the memoir American Mother by Colum McCann with Diane Foley. Copies of this heartbreaking and uplifting memoir will be available for pick up at participating local, independent bookstores. 

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Pick up your free book at any of these bookstores: 

POP! Art, Book Culture 6949 Market St., Boardman

Leana's Books 4317 Kirk Rd., Austintown

Spellbound Sisters Bookstore & Cafe 224 Boardman Canfield Rd Ste C, Boardman 

The Book Nook 222 E. Market St., Warren

The Main Chapter Bookstore 6 W. Liberty St., Hubbard 

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There will also be copies available at the Mahoning Valley Book Bazaar on Sat. Nov. 7. 

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American Mother is the heart-rending story of a mother who, in the course of confronting her son’s killer, gets to the elemental heart of violence and forgiveness. Diane Foley is the mother of Jim, a freelance journalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014, an image which became one of the most iconic of the 21st century.

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To read more about the book, internationally acclaimed author Colum McCann, and Etruscan Press now in its 25th year, please click here.

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Registration is coming soon for a suite of free programs including

• Book discussion for individuals and book clubs

• Discussion panels on writing, publishing and bookselling; journalists in dangerous places; and religious extremism

• Press Freedom Day

• Readers theater, featuring local actors who will bring the story to life​

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