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Not Without My Daughter - by Betty Mahmoody & William Hoffer (Paperback)
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- Not Without My Daughter is the true story of a courageous mother and her breathtaking odyssey, now a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field!In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation.
- About the Author: Betty Mahmoody is an author and public speaker, best known for her book Not Without My Daughter, the basis of the film by the same name.
- 432 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Women
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About the Book
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.Book Synopsis
Not Without My Daughter is the true story of a courageous mother and her breathtaking odyssey, now a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field!
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...
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"Spellbinding!" --Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Readers will cheer...good adventure with a happy ending." --Washington Post Book World "Intense...compelling reading." --Detroit Free PressAbout the Author
Betty Mahmoody is an author and public speaker, best known for her book Not Without My Daughter, the basis of the film by the same name.