Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter


This book is about a woman named Betty Mahmoody she is married to a man named Moody. Born and raised in Iran. Moody then says he want to take his daughter on a vacation to his homeland in iran so they can meet his family. Betty doesn't really want to go to Iran but her husband Moody promises its only for two weeks and then they will come back home. So then she agrees to go there. 

Once there she has to experience all the Iraqi ways and customs. She isn't allowed to be out in public unless she is accompanied by a man. She also isn’t allowed to take a shower every day. Which makes her mad and everyone in the house stinks. After being there for two weeks her husband said he lost his job so they're not going back to America
 

Betty then runs to the U.S. Embassy for help and finds that she can leave the country. But she cannot take her daughter because in Iran the father has legal custody. Then Betty refuses to leave without her daughter and returns to the home that she must now share with her husband. She is mistreated by both her husband and his family. She is beat and locked inside her rooms for days. She must learn to prepare insect infected food. She has to watch her daughter be mistreated and she has to live in a country that doesn't respect women. The worst part is she doesn't speak their language so she has no way to communicate with the people to get help or know what's going on. Her husband also keeps lying to her and want let her talk to her daughter.