Author Susan Galleymore, the mother of a U.S. soldier made international headlines by taking the extraordinary and even dangerous step of traveling to Iraq to visit her son stationed on a military base in the so-called Sunni Triangle, north of Baghdad.

What she found in Iraq – the horrors of war which was at once heartbreaking and compelling - challenged her to continue her journey interviewing mothers in war zones including Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan and the US. These powerful first-person stories offer dramatic insight into the impact of war on mothers, families, communities, and cultures around-the-world.

In Galleymore's new book, LONG TIME PASSING [PLUTO PRESS (Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan)], she gets to the heart of extreme social experiences–war and warriors, mothers and children, communities and cultures–and explores the meaning of courage, fear, and leadership.

Host a house party with the author and learn more about the book and the people whose stories are shared in it.

"A good place to start this awareness [about the effects of war] is at the top. So, let me suggest that when you finish reading Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak About War and Terror you mail your copy to Michelle Obama at the White House. Perhaps she'll take the time to read it."
- Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch, "American Mothers and War" May 8, 2009

First Lady Michelle Obama
White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20500

...We, the women of one country,
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
-Julia Ward Howe, Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870