Not without my daughter
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Corgi, 2004. Description: 521pISBN: 9780552152167Subject(s): Mahmoody, Betty | Women -- Biography. -- United States | Women -- Biography. -- Iran | Wife abuse -- Iran | Interethnic marriage | Women -- Social conditions -- IranDDC classification: 305-055.2 Online resources: Reviews Summary: In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation that turned into a permanent stay. 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 despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Gift books | NISER LIBRARY | 305-055.2 MAH-N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | G1556 |
In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation that turned into a permanent stay. 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 despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child.
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