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For the Love of a Child
For the Love of a Child
Author: Betty Mahmoody, Arnold D. Dunchock
ISBN-13: 9780312950811
ISBN-10: 0312950810
Publication Date: 10/1/1993
Pages: 342
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper
Book Type: Paperback
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7 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed For the Love of a Child on
Helpful Score: 3
This is the sequel to "Not without My Daughter," which was the story of how Betty escaped from Iran with her little girl, when her Iranian husband and all his family were watching to prevent her from getting away.
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Helpful Score: 3
Betty provides information on her and Mahtob's continued life, plus adds in other wrenching stories of children held in foreign countries.
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Helpful Score: 2
I also have posted the first book by Betty Mahmoody, this is the sequel to Not Without My Daughter. An interesting follow up.
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Helpful Score: 1
By the author of Not Without My Daughter", this book detailes the daring escape from Iran. A must read......
adamamby avatar reviewed For the Love of a Child on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is an excellent book. It is about the life of Betty Mahmoody after she and her daughter escaped from Iran where they were being held hostage by her husband. This book picks up where the book "Not Without My Daughter" left off. The book also chronicles the struggles of many other women and men who find themselves in similar circumstances. Some of the stories end happily, others do not. It carries a message that is difficult to hear, but should be heard. It is an important read to raise overall awareness as well as to promote positive change to ensure our children's safety and security.
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A very good read
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Mahmoody's bestselling Not Without My Daughter and a film version publicized her flight, with her daughter Mahtob, from her husband, who held both captive in Iran. By 1986, mother and child were safe back home in Michigan, where Mahmoody began to help other parents, less fortunate than she, recover their stolen children. The result is this book--whose importance is clear. The writing partnership with lawyer Dunchock led to their promoting legislation on behalf of families who have been forcibly separated. Recounted in harrowing detail, stories about fathers and mothers trying to locate young sons and daughters testify to the enormity of the problem, which cries out for better cooperation among nations. This is urgently needed, perhaps less for grieving parents than for their children.