by Betty Mahmoody, Arnold D. Dunchock · Sperling & Kupfer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788882740269
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«Per amore di un figlio» is the autobiography by Betty Mahmoody and Arnold D. Dunchock published by Sperling & Kupfer in paperback (376 pages, in Italian).
This sequel to Not Without My Daughter recounts Betty's readjustment to life in the United States after escaping Iran, her fear of her husband's revenge, and the neglect she suffers from the legal system. Mahmoody also gathers testimonies from other people who experienced similar escapes and tells their stories with warmth.
Second installment of the Not Without My Daughter series; the original English title is For the Love of a Child.
For readers of memoirs and true-life accounts, especially those who have already read Not Without My Daughter.
Betty Mahmoody is an American author and public speaker. In 1984, during a visit to Iran with her husband and daughter, he refused to let them return to the United States, holding them captive in Iran and subjecting them to constant abuse until she escaped with her daughter to Turkey in 1986. After she and her daughter returned to the US and after her divorce to Moody, she garnered media attention in 1987 when she published Not Without My Daughter, a memoir recounting her captivity in Iran. MGM-Pathé Communications adapted her memoir into a film in 1991.
