Not without My Daughter - Couverture rigide

Mahmoody, Betty; Hoffer, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0593014766 ISBN 13 : 9780593014769

Editeur : Bantam Press, 1988

Synopsis

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Quatrième de couverture

'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...

Eventually, Betty was given the name of a man who would plan their perilous route out of Iran, a journey that few women or children had ever made. Their nightmare attempt to return home began in a bewildering snowstorm...

Revue de presse

"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)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0593014766
• ISBN 13: 9780593014769
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 432