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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

Colum McCann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories and two works of non-fiction. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honours, including the U.S National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, election to the Irish arts academy, several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination. In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts. His work has been published in over 40 languages. He is the President and co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organisation, Narrative 4. He is the Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence in Hunter College, in New York, where he lives with his wife Allison and their family. American Mother, his most recent book written with Diane Foley, was shortlisted for Biography of the Year by the An Post Irish Book Awards. His forhtcoming novel Twist will be published in March 2025.

www.colummccann.com

Diane M. Foley co-founded the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation in the weeks after her son, a journalist, was beheaded by members of ISIS in the Syrian Desert in 2014. Inspired by the life, work, and moral courage of her son, Diane has worked with Congress and every presidential administration since, catalyzing action, research, and policy to win freedom for all US Nationals wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad.