Mar 28 2009
Iran Books
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody and William Hoffer—The Library Journal says “Betty Lover met the perfect “dark stranger” in a Michigan hospital. Her Iranian therapist, Dr. Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, became her husband and the father of their daughter, Mahtob…The next year and a half were a nightmare. Betty and Mahtob, held hostage by Mahmoody and his family, were subjected to Islamic fundamentalism, Persian nationalistic fanaticism, and a life of squalor.” The bookA book review explains more. (Contribution from Nonfiction Lover.)
