In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child... Now the true story of this courageous woman and her breathtaking odyssey bursts upon the screen in the Pathe Entertainment production starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field Not Without My Daughter is a Literary Guild Alternate Selection.
Betty Mahmoody went to Iran in 1984 with her Iranian husband for a short visit, but once there her husband and his family would not let her leave.; Some copies shelved with fiction.
Sequel to 'Not Without My Daughter'. Describes the aftermath of the author's escape from Iran with her six-year-old daughter: the cultural readjustment to America, her frustration with the legal system, and her involvement with other parents who have experienced the abduction of their child by a foreign-born spouse. First published in the US by St Martin's Press (1992).
In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans are despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child... Now the true story of this courageous woman and her breathtaking odyssey bursts upon the screen in the Pathe Entertainment production starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field Not Without My Daughter is a Literary Guild Alternate Selection.
No sin mi hija es la historia real, relatada de un modo conmovedor, del interminable y arduo calvario de una mujer en su lucha por preservar uno de los derechos fundamentales del ser humano: la libertad. Una aventura extraordinaria, un relato apasionante y aterrador que demuestra el insólito valor de su autora.
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