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Book Review of Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter
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In 1984 a Michigan house wife accompanied her husband to his native country Iran for a two week vacation, so she thought. She and her 4 year old daughter Mahtob became virtual prisoners. Women in Iran are nearly slaves and Americans are despised.
She could easily leave Iran and go through a divorce but she is not aloud to leave Iran with her daughter, you see, in Iran, the father is considered the sole guardian of a child. Will she and her child make it back to the states?