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- Not Without My Daughter is a memoir by Betty Mahmoody detailing her escape along with her young daughter, Mahtob, from Betty's abusive husband in Iran. The book narrates Betty's experiences from 1984 to '86 when she left Alpena, Michigan, to go to Iran—and was subsequently held there against her wish. The book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Not Without My Daughter is a biographical book by Betty Mahmoody detailing the escape of Betty and her daughter, Mahtob, from Betty's abusive husband in Iran. In 1977, Betty married Dr. Sayyed "Moody" Bozorg Mahmoody.
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Betty Mahmoody (née Lover; born June 9, 1945) is an American author and public speaker best known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a film of the same name.
Dec 7, 2023 · Not Without My Daughter is based on the real-life experiences of Betty Mahmoody, detailed in her 1987 book of the same name. The story begins in 1984 when Betty, an American, accompanies her Iranian husband, Moody, and their daughter Mahtob to Iran for what she believes is a two-week vacation to visit Moody's family.
Feb 15, 1991 · Not Without My Daughter is the true story of a courageous mother and her breathtaking odyssey, now a major motion picture starring Academy Award-winner Sally Field! In August 1984, Michigan...
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- Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer
- Macmillan, 1991
Jan 19, 2024 · For one American woman, Betty Mahmoody, this nightmare became reality, and escape became only an impossible dream. Not Without My Daughter is the true story of one woman's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from an alien and frightening culture.
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- 1987
- Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer
Jul 3, 2018 · Not Without My Daughter is an autobiographical account of Betty Mahmoody, who fell in love with an Iranian doctor named Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody and got married to him in 1977. All was perfect in their married life and they had a lovely daughter, Mahtob.
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...