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Peace Mom
A Mother's Journey through Heartache to Activism

by Cindy Sheehan



      This candid story brings truth and light to our own questions about war and peace. Peace Mom chronicles Cindy Sheehan’s quest to make sense of her son Casey’s death in Iraq. Grief-stricken and barely able to cope, she leaves her family to become an activist against President Bush, his policies, and the war. From the cries of a grieving mother to the anti-war cries of a peace-loving activist, Sheehan lets her conscience be her guide as she follows an unyielding path to get answers from President Bush. On her journey, she discovers lies and politics that led her son to his death in Iraq.

Cindy Sheehan marches in Washington and sits in a ditch at Bush’s Crawford ranch to gain national interest in her peace movement. In her pursuit, she founds Gold Star Families for Peace, finds strong opposition, estrangement from her family, and divorce. The national acclaim she garnered also brought more negative attention than she anticipated as she learned to deal with the "Nutcase" tag.

If you are interested in Cindy’s cause or just interested in the pacifist movement, you will glean much information from this read. You will find an honest documentary told in first person from a mother trying to find healing and meaning in her oldest son’s life. It is a one-sit read and hard to put down until you reach the end.

Sheehan has two other books on the subject: The Vigil, documenting the 26 days at Crawford, Texas and Not One More Mother’s Child.

The Book

Atria
September 19, 2006
Hardcover
0743297911
Non-fiction Autobiography/Memoir
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The Reviewer

Nicole Merritt
Reviewed 2006
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