Betty Mahmoody
Author of Not Without My Daughter
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Works by Betty Mahmoody
1988 1 copy
Net sûnder myn famke 1 copy
Tylko z moją córką 1 copy
Sequestrada no irão 1 copy
Ne dam svojega otroka 1 copy
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Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 176 : Diamantenfieber. Mit Leib und Seele. Nicht ohne meine Tochter. Jäger in der Nacht (1991) — Contributor — 4 copies
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- Canonical name
- Mahmoody, Betty
- Birthdate
- 1945-06-09
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Alma, Michigan, USA
- Places of residence
- Michigan USA
- Occupations
- memoirist
public speaker - Relationships
- Mahmoody, Mahtob (daughter)
- Short biography
- In 1984, Betty Mahmoody left the USA for Iran with her husband and daughter for what she was told would be a two-week visit to his family in Teheran. Once the visit was over, however, her husband refused to leave, and insisted that Betty and her daughter remain in Iran with him. She wrote about her experiences plotting her escape and fleeing to freedom in Not Without My Daughter (1991). It was adapted into a film starring Sally Field. Her second book, For the Love of a Child (1992), answered questions presented by readers from the first book, and discussed the issue of international parental child abduction. She became the co-founder and president of a foundation called One World: For Children.
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No sin mi hija by Betty Mahmoody
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"Taraf is the Iranian conversational custom of making polite but vacant offers.”
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
This was a really harrowing read. Reading it, I could not get over Betty's courage and how frightened and alone she must have felt. It's a page turner and is unputdownable.
I also liked very much how Betty detailed the kindness of the people involved in helping her. The actual escape itself is nail biting. I also saw this movie but did not care for it. The book is way more powerful.
I am glad Betty and her daughter made it out safely. This was a great read and I would recommend it to anyone interested in Betty's story.… (more)
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
This was a really harrowing read. Reading it, I could not get over Betty's courage and how frightened and alone she must have felt. It's a page turner and is unputdownable.
I also liked very much how Betty detailed the kindness of the people involved in helping her. The actual escape itself is nail biting. I also saw this movie but did not care for it. The book is way more powerful.
I am glad Betty and her daughter made it out safely. This was a great read and I would recommend it to anyone interested in Betty's story.… (more)
I was moved by the racism, sexism and nationalism portrayed in Betty Mahmoody's book. I had to wonder, given the timing of the publication, if there weren't hidden motives in the extremism of the anti Islamic "behavior" towards the United States. Certainly, any situation where a mother and daughter automatically lose their human rights just by crossing a border is extremely worrisome. I was left with much research to do about the actual data of Americans in Middle Eastern countries. A well written book.… (more)
Interesting read, but gives a pretty much American-biased view on the Iranian society. Of course, it's a story which happened almost 20 years ago, and the author went through a terrible time (it's a true story) which might explain it somehow.
Very catchy story however.
Very catchy story however.
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