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kakker's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
thebookenthousiast's review against another edition
4.0
Le premier tome reste meilleur mais on veux quand meme savoir comment elles se sont rendues chez elles par la suite et comment ca se passe quand elles reviennent aux États-Unis
hollysue22's review against another edition
4.0
i watched the movie, not without my daughter, years and years ago (as a child even) and have always wondered what happened to betty and mahtob. it was great to find this book in the free book bin at a local bookstore (of all places!!!). really enjoyed reading about the rest of what happened to them on their journey back to america and etc. if you haven't read or watched not without my daughter, do so before reading this!
abmckinney513's review against another edition
4.0
Not written all that well, but wonderful content.
juaco1975's review against another edition
3.0
Tras No sin mi hija, best-seller internacional que ha llegado a más de quince millones de lectores en todo el mundo, Betty Mahmoody relata en el presente libro su regreso a Estados Unidos desde Turquía, las amenazas de muerte que la persiguen, su lucha en favor de las madres separadas de sus hijos a la fuerza como ella misma, la repercusión alcanzada por su libro y los casos más sobresalientes, análogos al suyo,de los que va teniendo conocimiento.
No sin mi hija 2: Por amor a una niña
No sin mi hija 2: Por amor a una niña
zimtsterni's review against another edition
3.0
Interessanter Nachfolger zu Nicht ohne meine Tochter. Mich hätte die persönliche Geschichte etwas mehr interessiert als die weiteren Schicksale, auch wenn diese natürlich auch schlimm waren/sind.
florapants84's review
4.0
"I envision a world where children's rights are protected and cultural differences are respected; of a world where no child need fear losing either a parent and where no parent will ever be left behind." – Betty Mahmoody
I had no idea Mahmoody had written a sequel to her bestseller Not Without My Daughter, one of my favorite 2014 reads. While writing my Amazon review for it, one of the most helpful reviews referenced this book, and I immediately ordered a second hand copy.
I know the easiest way to sum this book up is to call it a "sequel", but it's really more than that. It picks up right after Betty and Mahtob reach the American Embassy in Turkey, and the years following as Betty writes her book and her involvement with the film adaptation. I appreciated how honest she was about her family's adjustment to life back in the States, and her fears about a counterabduction from her ex-husband.
That being said, my favorite part of the book was her willingness to comfort and assist other parents whose children had been abducted and taken to various countries by an estranged spouse. She dedicates a large part of the book to relating the cases that most affected her; not all of them had happy endings.
Her humanitarian work and efforts to pass bills to protect children's rights in the United States are commendable, and I'd never have known about them had it not been for this book. Though dated, it made me wonder if international child abduction is still as big a problem as it was in the 80s and 90s.
This was a great read! Highly recommended. Also, feel free to check out my review of Not Without My Daughter. I think it's one of my most personal and favorite reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/914929978
I had no idea Mahmoody had written a sequel to her bestseller Not Without My Daughter, one of my favorite 2014 reads. While writing my Amazon review for it, one of the most helpful reviews referenced this book, and I immediately ordered a second hand copy.
I know the easiest way to sum this book up is to call it a "sequel", but it's really more than that. It picks up right after Betty and Mahtob reach the American Embassy in Turkey, and the years following as Betty writes her book and her involvement with the film adaptation. I appreciated how honest she was about her family's adjustment to life back in the States, and her fears about a counterabduction from her ex-husband.
That being said, my favorite part of the book was her willingness to comfort and assist other parents whose children had been abducted and taken to various countries by an estranged spouse. She dedicates a large part of the book to relating the cases that most affected her; not all of them had happy endings.
Her humanitarian work and efforts to pass bills to protect children's rights in the United States are commendable, and I'd never have known about them had it not been for this book. Though dated, it made me wonder if international child abduction is still as big a problem as it was in the 80s and 90s.
This was a great read! Highly recommended. Also, feel free to check out my review of Not Without My Daughter. I think it's one of my most personal and favorite reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/914929978
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