American Mother: Community Read

Food for Thought presents American Mother: a community read.

Beginning November 1, Youngstown-area independent bookstores will have copies of American Read  by Colum McCann and Diane Foley. Information is coming soon on where to pick up your copy, and how to RSVP for a suite of related programs, with community partners the Youngstown Press Club and the Public Libraries of Youngstown & Mahoning County. More information will be available ahead of the launch date. 

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.

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

With profound thanks to editor emeritus Phil Brady and Etruscan Press for 500 donated copies of this memoir, and to our beloved local bookstores for making them available, we look forward to a community-wide book discussion, panels centered on related topics, and a readers theater, bringing the story to life. More soon!