Not Without My Daughter
Author | : Betty Mahmoody |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1991-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0312925883 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780312925888 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Download or read book Not Without My Daughter written by Betty Mahmoody and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-02-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.