Yes, this story reminded me of “Not Without My Daughter”. I remember in that movie, the wife thought they were just going to visit Iran, but then learned too late that the husband never intended to leave.
Yes, this story reminded me of “Not Without My Daughter”. I remember in that movie, the wife thought they were just going to visit Iran, but then learned too late that the husband never intended to leave.
Exactly. The book is far better than the movie. In “Not Without My Daughter,” the girl meets and marries in the states, and her western seeming, Iranian husband starts to get a bit more religious after the ayatollah revolution. They have a precious three year old girl. They take a trip to Iran to see his parents. Daddy takes all passports on the plane, seemingly just for convenience of the moment.
Of course she never sees them again. Her adventures are harrowing. It’s really quite the page turner. She eventually finds a legal way to leave through the us embassy, but she would have to leave her daughter in Iran. Hence the title.
She will not leave without her daughter. Her adventures are wild and true. By the time the happy ending occurs, she learns to understand the good as well as the evil in the country and people.
Me, I was reading it while wanting to escape my foreign husband with my toddler! That made it so scary I rehid our two American passports daily! No way do young people understand how hard and scary international marriage can be. Mine was nothing like those marrying Muslims. But custody internationally is impossible. Each person wins in their own land.