An edition of Not Without My Daughter (1987)

Not Without My Daughter

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An edition of Not Without My Daughter (1987)

Not Without My Daughter

Movie Tie-In Edition; St. Martin's Paperbacks edition (14)
  • 4.44 ·
  • 9 Ratings
  • 248 Want to read
  • 25 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

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!
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English
Pages
423

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
July 5, 2004, Corgi Adult
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: Ποτέ χωρίς την κόρη μου
Ποτέ χωρίς την κόρη μου
2001, Ekdoseis Psyxogios
Paperback in Modern Greek
Cover of: Jamais sans ma fille
Jamais sans ma fille
January 1, 1994, Fixot
Paperback in French
Cover of: Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
1991, St. Martin's Paperbacks
Mass Market Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; St. Martin's Paperbacks edition (17)
Cover of: Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
1991, Corgi Books, CORGI BOOKS
Mass Market Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; Corgi edition third reprint
Cover of: Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
1991, St. Martin's Paperbacks
Mass Market Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; St. Martin's Paperbacks edition (14)
Cover of: No sin mi hija
No sin mi hija
1990, Planeta/Seix Barral
in Spanish
Cover of: Nicht ohne meine Tochter
Nicht ohne meine Tochter
1990 07, Bastei Lübbe, Luebbe Verlagsgruppe
Paperback in German - 23rd edition
Cover of: Not Without My Daughter
Not Without My Daughter
1987, St. Martin's Press
Hardcover in English - 1st ed. (1)

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New York, USA

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1991

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.4
Library of Congress
HQ1413.M33 A3 1988b, HQ1413.M33A3 1988b

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
423 p. ;
Number of pages
423

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1519247M
Internet Archive
notwithoutmydaugmahm00mahm
ISBN 10
0312925883
ISBN 13
9780312925888
LCCN
93205529
OCLC/WorldCat
966239311, 630951448
Google
tzCgVLEdJIEC
Library Thing
6459
Goodreads
44282108

Work Description

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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My daughter dozed in her seat next to the window of a British Airways jetliner, her red-brown curls encircling her face, tumbling haphazardly below her shoulders.
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