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Betty Mahmoody and her husband, Dr Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody ('Moody'), came to Iran from the USA to meet Moody's family. With them was their four-year-old daughter, Mahtob. Apalled by the squalor of their living conditions, horrified by what she saw of a country where women are merely chattels and Westerners are despised, Betty soon became desperate to return to the States. But Moody, and his often vicious family, had other plans. Mother and daughter became prisoners of an alien culture, hostages of an increasingly tyrannical and violent man.
Eventually, Betty was given the name of a man who would plan their perilous route out or Iran, a journey that few women or children had ever made. Their nightmare attempt to return home began in a bewildering snowstorm...
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Political prisoners, Americans, Vrouwen, Wife abuse, Manners and customs, Biografía, Biography, Mujeres, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Vida social y costumbres, Women, Women, united states, biography, Iran, social life and customs, Women, iran, Large type books, Marriage, Family, Mothers, Interethnic marriage, Parental kidnapping, Families, Mahmoody, Betty, Women -- United States -- Biography, Mujeres -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía, Women -- Iran -- Biography, Mujeres -- Irán -- Biografía, Wife abuse -- Iran, Iran -- Social life and customs, Irán -- Vida social y costumbres, Hostages, TerrorismPeople
Betty Mahmoody, Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody, Mahtob Mahmoody, Ameh Bozorg, Helen, Hamid, Judy, Rasheed, AmahlPlaces
Estados Unidos, Iran, Irán, United States, Tehran, Detroit, Swiss Embassy in Tehran, Turkey, Bandar Abbas, Persian Gulf, Tabriz, Van, Ankara, U.S. Embassy, Gulf Arab States., Zahidan, Balochistan, Quetta, Karachi, Pakistan, Sindh, AmericaShowing 9 featured editions. View all 27 editions?
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Not Without My Daughter
July 5, 2004, Corgi Adult
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Not Without My Daughter
1991, St. Martin's Paperbacks
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1991, St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Not Without My Daughter
1991, Corgi Books, CORGI BOOKS
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Nicht ohne meine Tochter
1990 07, Bastei Lübbe, Luebbe Verlagsgruppe
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Not Without My Daughter
1987, St. Martin's Press
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Imagine yourself alone and vulnerable, trapped by a husband you thought you trusted, and held prisoner in his native Iran; a land where women have no rights and Americans are despised. For one American woman, Betty Mahmoody, this nightmare became reality, and escape became only an impossible dream. Not Without My Daughter is the true story of one woman's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from an alien and frightening culture.
Betty had married the Americanized Dr. Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody in 1977. His interest in his homeland had been revived since Khomeini's takeover, and he had increasingly expressed his desire to introduce his five-year-old daughter Mahtob and his American wife to his beloved family in Tehran.
Betty and her daughter anxiously awaited the end of their vacation in this hostile land, but the end never came--Moody had other plans for his family. Betty and Mahtob became virtual hostages of Betty's tyrannical husband and his often vicious family.
Hiding her secret meetings from her husband and his large network of spies, a desperate Betty began to plan her escape. But every option involved leaving Mahtob behind, abandoning her to Moody and a life of near-slavery and degradation.
After a harsh and terrifying year, Betty discovered a ray of hope--a man would guide them across the mountain range that forms the border between Iran and Turkey. One dark night, Betty and Mahtob escaped and began the long journey home to Michigan, but first they had to survive a crossing that few women or children have ever made.
In this gripping, true story, Betty Mahmoody tells her tale of faith, courage, and constant hope in the face of incredible adversity. Breathlessly exciting, Not Without My Daughter is a rivoting true adventure that grips its readers from the very first page.
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