My Name Is Mahtob: The Story That Began in the Global Phenomenon Not Without My Daughter Continues

The beginning of this book, where she talks about escaping Iran with her mother is GREAT. Beautifully written, suspenseful, and heart wrenching. After about 2 hours the original story comes to an end. I wondered, with 7 more hours to fill, what would be the aftermath. A complicated multinational legal wrangling? Attempts by her father to get her back? Stories from her moms charity about other children abducted? No it's none of these. It's 7 hours of her daily life. When you get to the part where she's in college she literally is at the point where she's talking about her favorite foods. She talks about a term paper she's writing. Talks about going to the doctor and then for a recheck and so on. There is one part where it appears her father is trying to contact her, but it's dealt with swiftly and we're back to her daily life about drinking coffee. It seems like through other parts talking about her life she even tries to add some suspense, proposing that a locked door (gasp!) could be the work of her father! It never shakes out that way and it could possibly be that she just turned the knob wrong and couldn't get the door open. Read the original and I'm sure it will be much more fulfilling. I think the mother did a follow up account which might be worth checking into. This is two hours of great followed by 7 hours of nothing.

My Name is Mahtob
I would like to start with, I never heard of ‘Not without my daughter’. I will find the movie to watch. This biography, was a wonderful varied journey, to read. As any life, there happens to be many peaks and valleys. I found the saying to be truthful ‘A child is very resilient’. She went through a lot, she achieved a lot, and was rewarded much. The rewards received, with which I am referring were not the physical accolades but the inner peace, the strength and abilities of not only coping but prospering.
I was enriched by this read. Although you are not to compare one life to another, I have been blessed beyond measure. With gratitude I am filled not enduring the life which she lived.

Simply Amazing.

Where did this narrator get the idea to use a horrible baby voice for the child character? We know the child is a child. We do NOT need a weird, high-pitched version of what the narrator thinks children sound like. Oh my god. It was intolerable. Despite wanting very much to find out what happened to the character, I simply couldn't listen a second longer. I returned this for a refund. <br/>It was horrible. HORRIBLE.

The reader used different voices and I don't like that with an audio book that's not for children. It's perfectly fine in a child's book though.

Mautob's recounting of her difficult life's story is nothing short of the beauty of her own name's meaning, "moonlight". She shares so remarkably the wisdom she gleaned from all she encountered; bringing a bright light to otherwise dark experiences. In addition to listening to this audible book, I have ordered a hardback copy to read. My own daughter (married to a Persian man born the same year as Mautob) is now expecting my first grandchild (a granddaughter). If I were to name my granddaughter, her name would be Mautob!

I struggled with chapter one... not a patient 'reader', but as expected Mahtob picks up the story of her memories by chapter 2 and I was hooked. I read her Mom's 1st book in 1989ish. Mahtob's book has given me closure, as I felt a part of their story from the day I picked up there first book.

Absolutely love the reader of this book. Excellent voice and inflection. And the message of the book is beautiful!

Loved this book. Betty's strength, love and determination is inspiring. This could have been me.

With all the subtle honestly of a child we are led to ask ourselves how a picture-perfect family can go so horribly wrong. An American-born Iranian father takes his family on a vacation to visit his folks in Iran. What mother and daughter don't know is that their ticket is one-way. Once "home" his countenance changes. How can a kidnapped mother and child maintain their equilibrium in captivity? A white-knuckle escape is eclipsed only by a resilience found in the Gospel of Christ. A refreshing spring in an unlikely place.

No. I thought the story was good but I didnt especially care for the narrator. I did not like how she changed her voice to fit the characters. I just did not enjoy that aspect. It reminded me of being read to in Kindergarten. Also, I think the story could have been trimmed quite a bit. The story went into too much detail in certain parts which did not appeal to me.

Compelling real life story. I had seen Not Without My Daughter, so I knew the theme of the story.

As stated above, Idid not like how she changed voices.

No.