For the Love of a Child

her first book allowed her to write this one, because she became a spokesperson and someone people could trust with their stories. this is largely not a followup to not without my daughter, although we do get updates on her and her family since returning back to michigan from iran, but more a platform where she talks about stories like hers. she gives examples of a number of left-behind parents and the abductions of their children, and the fights they were in to get their kids back. she used examples from different religions so it wasn't just islam that was being focused on, and examples of mothers who kidnapped their kids so it wasn't just the men who were being demonized. this was really eye opening, to see how common this really is show more and to see how it's happening all over the world. and just how hard it is to have to work with another country, who has no interest in following u.s. law, to bring children back home. often the country they were abducted to believes the view of the kidnapper, that they're better there because they'll be raised with their religion, etc. so this was a good book to bring eyes to the issue and get momentum behind doing something for these kids and their families.

still kind of blows my mind how much they can talk about god and faith and not see that this kind of thinking (albeit to a different extreme) is part of what led to most of these abductions in the first place. show less

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This is a gripping, little-known follow-up to Betty Mahmoody's superb Not Without My Daughter. For those wondering what happened to Mahmoody and her daughter following their harrowing escape, the answers are here. Mahmoody described in great detail how they had to drastically change virtually every aspect of their lives after returning to the United States to ensure their future safety. Only those in a witness protection program may be able to truly relate.

For the Love of a Child isn't all about them, though. A sizable chunk of the book is on the general topic of international child abduction. Such a transition sounds like it would be jarring and the topic itself dull, but the story never loses its furious show more page-turning momentum. This is likely because Mahmoody put a human face on this highly disturbing, remarkably difficult-to-solve issue (one that's more common than many realize) by spotlighting a few different families struggling daily with having had a child abducted across international lines. Their persistent emotional suffering comes through. These are tales similar to Mahmoody's in that they are spouse versus spouse, but each is unique, replete with fascinating details, and each has its own high drama that will shock at the same time that it rends the heart. show less

about ms mahmoodys life after her escape from iran with her daughter, and the plight of others in her position

Match found in the German National Library.

Fortsetzung von "Nicht ohne meine Tochter"

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