Betty Mahmoody Libri

Una madre americana, un padre iraniano, una figlioletta. Un giorno lui decide di lasciare gli USA e portare la famiglia nel proprio Paese per una vacanza. Per la donna l'incubo inizia quando scopre che il marito l'ha ingannata e intende restare in Iran. Segregata in casa, costretta a subire umiliazioni d'ogni genere, divisa dalla bambina, le resta solo la speranza di poter fuggire con la piccola. Una speranza che si concretizza dopo mesi di inenarrabili vicissitudini... Una storia vera d'amore e di coraggio che ha commosso il mondo intero. Da questo libro il famoso film omonimo.

In this sequel to Not Without My Daughter , Betty Mahmoody describes her cultural readjustment to America, her constant fear of her husband's revenge, and her frustration with a legal system unable to offer her protection--but the story is not hers alone. Mahmoody describes her many encounters with others who have tried to escape similar situations, telling their dramatic stories with the sensitivity of one who knows only too well what they've been through and how far they still have to go. For The Love of a Child is a thrilling adventure with a vitally important message.

De Amerikaanse Betty trouwt met de Iraanse Moody. Zij hebben een gelukkig huwelijk, vooral na de geboorte van hun dochtertje Mahtob. Maar tijdens een vakantiebezoek aan haar schoonfamilie in Teheran, verandert Betty's leven plotseling in een ware nachtmerrie. Eindelijk terug in Amerika moet Betty een nieuw bestaan opbouwen. Ze leeft voortdurend in angst dat Moody zijn dreigementen om haar te vermoorden en Mahtob te ontvoeren zal uitvoeren. Dat Betty's verhaal niet uniek was bleek uit de talloze reacties op haar eerste boek van wanhopige ouders die haar ervaringen deelden. In Uit liefde voor mijn kind laat ze ook hen aan het woord. Hun verhalen, vol wanhoop, machteloosheid en woede, zijn stuk voor stuk hartverscheurend.

Zana Muhsen, born and bred in Birmingham, is of Yemeni origin. When her father told her she was to spend a holiday with relatives in North Yemen, she jumped at the chance. Aged 15 and 13 respectively, Zana and her sister discovered that they had been literally sold into marriage, and that on their arrival they were virtually prisoners. They had to adapt to a completely alien way of life, with no running water, dung-plastered walls, frequent beatings, and the ordeal of childbirth on bare floors with only old women in attendance. After eight years of misery and humiliation Zana succeeded in escaping, but her sister is still there, and it seems likely that she will now never leave the country where she has spent more than half her life. This is an updated edition of Zana's account of her experiences.

Una principessa di sangue reale, appartenente alla famiglia reggente, racconta, sotto pseudonimo, l'agghiacciante condizione di reclusa in cui vive, lei e tutte le donne che la circondano. Il volto celato dietro il velo, la donna araba - anche se ricca e nobile - è ostaggio di carcerieri particolarmente zelanti nello svolgere il proprio lavoro: il padre, il marito, i figli maschi. Se dà alla luce una bambina, la nascita non viene nemmeno registrata, visto lo scarso valore delle femmine. Ed è soprattutto per amore delle figlie che "Sultana", una principessa araba di alto lignaggio, ha deciso, con questo libro, di raccontare la condizione femminile nel proprio paese. Un documento sconvolgente e sincero, capace di scuotere le coscienze.

In this sequel to Not Without My Daughter , Betty Mahmoody describes her cultural readjustment to America, her constant fear of her husband's revenge, and her frustration with a legal system unable to offer her protection--but the story is not hers alone. Mahmoody describes her many encounters with others who have tried to escape similar situations, telling their dramatic stories with the sensitivity of one who knows only too well what they've been through and how far they still have to go. For The Love of a Child is a thrilling adventure with a vitally important message.

L'histoire d'un kidnapping réalisé avec le soutien et l'aide logistique d'une communauté juive intégriste, les Satmars, et le portrait d'une femme, la narratrice, Belge de confession catholique, qui a su vaincre ses terreurs et le pouvoir de son mari, Israélien d'origine yéménite, pour sauver ses enfants.