Jessica Mackinnon
Director of Public Information
jmack@dom.edu
(708)524-6289

Dan Armstrong
Public Relations Manager
darmstrong@dom.edu
(708)524-6452

Dominican University’s Book Club will discuss Yasmina Khadra’s The Attack on Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m. The discussion will be held in the Lewis Lounge located on the first floor of Lewis Hall, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest.

The Attack explores the Mideast conflict from a unique perspective. Dr. Amin Jaafari’s world is shattered when his wife, Sihem, is killed in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. The Arab-Israeli surgeon begins a tortured search for answers as he learns that Sihem might have been the suicide bomber responsible for the catastrophic event. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, he must find a way to reconcile cherished memories of his wife with the growing realization that she may have had another life, one that was entirely removed from the comfortable, modern existence that they shared. Khadra, the author of the bestselling The Swallows of Kabul, offers a timely and haunting depiction the devastating human costs of terrorism.

For more information about Dominican University’s Book Club, contact Mary Pat Fallon at (708) 524-6602 or at mpfallon@dom.edu.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s degrees through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and master’s degrees through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the School of Leadership and Continuing Studies. The university also offers a doctoral degree in library and information science. In the 2010 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top 20 of Midwest master’s level universities. The magazine also ranked Dominican as one of 15 Midwest “Great Schools at a Great Price.”