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An American woman married a gentle Iranian man, expecting to live in the U.S. with him for the rest of her life, but he became inflamed with religious and patriotic fervor and tricked her into visiting Iran with him, taking their daughter along. Once there, he made it clear that he intended to keep them there permanently, and as his wife was not compliant--in fact, she seems to have taken a dislike to everything Iranian--he became violent. If she decided to leave on her own, the government would, at her spouse's request, prevent her from taking her child--a plight that many Western women--and sometimes men--who married people from Islamic countries have fallen into. Her life in Iran was miserable, if interesting to read about, but with the help of other Iranians, she finally managed to escape from the country with her child. It is a thrilling and true story. Mahmoody has also written a sequel.
