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Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody

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falconintherye's review against another edition

4.0

i liked it very very much. i read it during a trip to egypt and it kept me very entertained while I was on the plane. a lot of scenes gave me chills, just imagining what this girls had to endure saddens me a lot. I'm so glad when they finally escaped, which I knew it would happen bc i saw the movie years ago. i don't remember a lot of it, and i want to rewatch it now that I've read the book. I've learned a lot about iran and the islamic religion, I'm happy for having read it. very interesting, and betty narrates her story so good.

shantti's review against another edition

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informative sad medium-paced

3.0

kitza2000's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

i don’t think it’s fair to say this book is racist against iranians. while no one can paint all people of the same race with the same brush, betty is entitled to tell her story as it happened. it has been proven to be accurate by various sources, and while details the horrible truths of irianians that did her wrong, she certainly also speaks of those who helped her, who saved her life and allowed her to live to tell her story.

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