Not without My Daughter

Not without My Daughter

by Betty Mahmoody (Author)

Synopsis

'You are here for the rest of your life. Do you understand? You are not leaving Iran. You are here until you die.' 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. Appalled 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. Betty began to try to arrange an escape. Evading Moody's sinister spy network, she secretly met sympathisers opposed to Khomeini's savage regime. But every scheme that was suggested to her meant leaving Mahtob behind for ever...

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 05 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0552152161
ISBN 13: 9780552152167
Book Overview: The true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child and win freedom for them both.

Media Reviews
Compelling drama... fascinating, if disturbing... a moving story of one person's fortitude, courage and faith * The New York Times Book Review *
The horrific situation in which Betty Mahmoody found herself would give any loving mother nightmares. Here is an amazing story of a woman's courage and total devotion to her child that will have you rooting for them along every inch of their treacherous journey -- Susan Oudot * Woman's Own *
Author Bio
Betty Mahmoody now lives again in Michigan with Mahtob and her two sons from her first marriage. William Hoffer is the co-author of Midnight Express and Saved: The Story of the Andrea Doria. He lives in Virginia.