Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry
had her first conversation with the man responsible. She had made a
long journey, 'walking the footsteps of the bombers' as she put it,
determined not to give in to anger and revenge but to try to
understand his motivations and perspective. Her preparedness to
meet Pat Magee opened up a path to empathy that developed through
their conversations over the following years. This book studies
their growing understandings of each other by focusing on the rich
networks of metaphors that appear in their conversations, and how
these evolve in the process of reconciliation. The innovative
research method, reported in a rigorous but accessible style,
together with the rich and often poignant data, make this book a
valuable addition to the study of metaphor and discourse. In
uncovering the development of empathy between these two
extraordinary people, Cameron illuminates the moral necessity, and
the potential rewards, in trying to imagine the world and mind of
the Other. Implications are drawn for how mediators in
reconciliation contexts might make positive use of metaphor in
supporting the dynamics of empathy.
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