However, at the end of the two weeks, Moody decided that he, his wife and daughter would remain in Iran. She handed over her passport to her husband when they landed in Iran, again, even though she had misgivings about it. My memory is now a bit jaded, but I’m quite sure that the book is far better and can do more justice, as is usually the case. It is entirely plausible that everything that Betty is recounting is true, depending on her husband’s social-economic-cultural-religious background. During their escape several people put themselves in harms way, possibly even in a position where they could be killed for helping Ms.

When the movie, “Not Without My Daughter” came out back in 1991, I remember hearing that many of my fellow countrymen boycotted it. When did you finally stop looking over your shoulder, living with the fear that someone working for your dad or your dad would come to get you?That being said, last weekend I got an itch to arm chair travel to the Middle East, but couldn’t for the life of me find my copy of The Kite Runner, a book I’ve been avoiding since its publication. There aren't enough words to describe the suffering and heartache of the human condition in Not Without My Daughter.

On a final note: I don't know why this is, but most who have read Not Without My Daughter are unaware that it has a sequel: For the Love of a Child.I was also fascinated by the follow-up, For Love of a Child, where she tells some of the stories of people who contacted her after her story was made public. And then every time he would reappear in my life, I would have to work through those emotions and, you know, forgive him all over again. From Balochistan's largest city, Quetta, they would be flown to the port city of Karachi in the Sindh province and transit back to America. He directed them to an apartment where they remained for three days as Amahl completed their travel arrangements.