The Association of Marquette University Women will host a book club this fall on “American Mother” by Colum McCann and Diane Foley. Readers will come together to discuss on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Raynor Library Beaumier Suites.
Those interested can register and learn more online. The deadline to register is Sept. 24.
The event will include presentations by Katie Blank, archivist for the Foley Collection at Raynor Library, and Dr. Tom Durkin, Arts ’96, Grad ’07, research and grant coordinator at Marquette’s Center for Peacemaking and education program director of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation.
The AMUW book club is free and open to the public. Any questions can be directed to Emily Rodecap at emily.rodecap@marquette.edu or (414) 288-7755.
“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. James Foley, a 1996 Marquette graduate and freelance journalist, was captured by ISIS in 2012, tortured, and then beheaded by the group in Syria in 2014. Seven years later, his mother Diane had the chance to spend three days with the murderer of her son in a Virginia courthouse, inspiring her to tell her life story.
