Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter

Author: Betty Mahmoody

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0552152161

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The true story of Betty Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.


My Name Is Mahtob

My Name Is Mahtob

Author: Mahtob Mahmoody

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0718022114

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The daughter at the center of the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter completes her story: escaping from Iran, growing up in fear, battling deadly disease, and learning to forgive. Two decades ago, millions of readers worldwide thrilled to the story told in the international bestseller Not Without My Daughter—subsequently made into a film starring Sally Field—that told of an American mother and her six-year-old child’s daring escape from an abusive and tyrannical Iranian husband and father. Now the daughter returns to tell the whole story, not only of that imprisonment and escape but of life after fleeing Tehran: living in fear of re-abduction, enduring recurring nightmares and panic attacks, attending school under a false name, battling life-threatening illness—all under the menacing shadow of her father. This is the story of an extraordinary young woman’s triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a life of peace and forgiveness. Taking readers from Michigan to Iran and from Ankara, Turkey, to Paris, France, My Name Is Mahtob depicts the profound resilience of a wounded soul healed by faith in God’s goodness and in his care and love. And Mahmoody reveals the secret of how she liberated herself from a life of fear, learning to forgive the father who had shattered her life and discovering joy and peace that comes from doing so.


Not Without My Whale

Not Without My Whale

Author: Billy Coughlan

Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1541542045

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Arnold doesn't want to go to school . . . not without his pet whale Luckily, his neighbor Dora is full of good ideas Now they just need to sneak it past their teacher. This story about a boy and his whale helps young children learn to read with colorful illustrations and carefully leveled text.


Abusing Religion

Abusing Religion

Author: Megan Goodwin

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2020-07-17

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1978807805

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Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country that consistently fails to acknowledge—much less address—the sexual abuse of women and children, do American religious outsiders so often face allegations of sexual misconduct? Why does the American public presume to know “what’s really going on” in minority religious communities? Why are sex abuse allegations such an effective way to discredit people on America’s religious margins? What makes Americans so willing, so eager to identify religion as the cause of sex abuse? Abusing Religion argues that sex abuse in minority religious communities is an American problem, not (merely) a religious one.


Lost Without My Daughter

Lost Without My Daughter

Author: Sayed Mahmoody

Publisher: Thistle Publishing

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781909869790

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In 1987, American housewife Betty Mahmoody published Not Without My Daughter, which became a sensation. In the book, Betty claimed that she and Mahtob, her five-year-old daughter, had been kidnapped from the USA in 1984 and imprisoned in Tehran by her Iranian husband, Dr Sayed Mahmoody - aka 'Moody' - a man she vilified as a violent, sadistic monster. Betty's story culminated with a dramatic escape, as she takes her daughter from Iran over the Zagros Mountains and into Turkey. The book sold 12 million copies and inspired the 1991 Hollywood film of the same name, starring Oscar-winner Sally Field. For twenty years Betty's husband has kept silent. Now, in Lost Without My Daughter, Sayed Mahmoody finally reveals the astonishing truth. As well as being a moving, frank story of a once happy family's collapse, and a father's subsequent search for meaning in his life, Lost Without My Daughter is also a cultural and political history of Iran, from the revolution to the present day. Perhaps more than anything, it is an exercise in truth, the last-ditch attempt of a father desperate to reach his daughter, to let her know that he is not the monster he has been portrayed to be.


Not Without My Sister

Not Without My Sister

Author: Celeste Jones

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 0007248083

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The true story of three girls violated and betrayed.


They Are My Children, Too

They Are My Children, Too

Author: Catherine Meyer

Publisher:

Published: 1999-04-15

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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Account of a mother's ultimate nightmare ... to lose her children ... and of a husband willing to break his children's hearts in order to achieve exclusive custody of them.


The Highly Sensitive Child

The Highly Sensitive Child

Author: Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2002-10-08

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0767913906

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A groundbreaking parenting guidebook addressing the trait of “high sensitivity” in children, from the psychologist and bestselling author of The Highly Sensitive Person whose books have sold more than 1 million copies With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, pioneering psychotherapist Dr. Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of “high sensitivity” and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it. In The Highly Sensitive Child, Dr. Aron shifts her focus to the 15 to 20 percent of children who are born highly sensitive—deeply reflective, sensitive to the subtle, and easily overwhelmed. These qualities can make for smart, conscientious, creative children, but also may result in shyness, fussiness, or acting out. As Dr. Aron shows in The Highly Sensitive Child, if your child seems overly inhibited, particular, or you worry that they may have a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as ADHD or autism, they may simply be highly sensitive. And raised with proper understanding and care, highly sensitive children can grow up to be happy, healthy, well-adjusted adults. Rooted in Dr. Aron’s years of experience working with highly sensitive children and their families, as well as in her original research on child temperament, The Highly Sensitive Child explores the challenges of raising an HSC; the four keys to successfully parenting an HSC; how to help HSCs thrive in a not-so-sensitive world; and how to make school and friendships enjoyable. With chapters addressing the needs of specific age groups, from newborns to teens, The Highly Sensitive Child is the ultimate resource for parents, teachers, and the sensitive children in their lives.


Machiavelli for Moms

Machiavelli for Moms

Author: Suzanne Evans

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1451699581

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Counsels parents on how to manage a rambunctious family, sharing the author's successes with experimenting with such tactics as instilling a fear of consequences, withholding unnecessary details, and using gentle manipulation.