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In the early summer of 2014, Farida Khalaf was a typical Yazidi teenager living with her parents and three brothers in her village in the mountains of Northern Iraq. In one horrific day, she lost everything: ISIS invaded her village, destroyed her family, and sold her into sexual slavery. The Girl Who Escaped ISIS is her incredible account of captivity and describes how she defied the odds and escaped a life of torture in order to share her story with the world.
Princess describes the life of Princess Sultana Al Sa'ud, a princess in the royal house of Saudi Arabia. Hidden behind her black veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, and her country. Sultana tells of appalling oppressions, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations: 13-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age; young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the "women's room". Princess is a testimony to a woman of indomitable spirit and courage.
In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it. Born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rachel Jeffs was raised in a strict patriarchal culture defined by subordinate sister wives and men they must obey.
When her missing boyfriend is found murdered, his body encased in cement inside a watering trough and dumped in a cattle field, a local sheriff's deputy is arrested and charged with his murder. But as New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist M. William Phelps digs in, the truth leads to questions about her guilt. In his first full-length, original true-crime audiobook for WildBlue Press, Phelps delivers a hard-hitting, unique experience, immersing listeners in the life of the first female deputy in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
"My father had more than 50 children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult - a radical branch of Mormonism - Anna and her siblings were constantly on the run with the other sister-wives. Often starving and always desperate, the children lived in terror. Even though there were dozens of them together, Anna always felt alone.
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This is the story of an extraordinary young woman's triumph over life-crushing trauma to build a life of peace and forgiveness. Taking listeners 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 the joy and peace that comes from doing so.
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.
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How could the performance have been better?
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.
It was horrible. HORRIBLE.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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.
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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.
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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.
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One of the most inspiring real story most genuinely written on the issue of abusive relationship. Mahtob spent her tender years struggle over her traumatic experience with her manipulative dad: to forgive or not to bear grudges, to trust the liar or to be fooled by his threats and lies, to speak out or to remain silent under public pressure, to fear and to run or to confront the big, shadowy figure, her ruthless and overbearing father who claimed a legitimate ownership not only on her life but also over what she should believe -- that Islam is her only choice since she belongs to him according to Iranian law. Behind the dramatic saga were some helpful, enlightening principles with which the writer fought her way through to become a victor and for anyone who is involving in a difficult relationship to use as a way to escape the psychological entrapment.
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Would you listen to My Name Is Mahtob again? Why?
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.
What did you like best about this story?
Compelling real life story. I had seen Not Without My Daughter, so I knew the theme of the story.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
As stated above, Idid not like how she changed voices.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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!
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.
If you could sum up My Name Is Mahtob in three words, what would they be?
Inspirational, faith, courageous.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Mahtob, because of who she is and her faith, she never became bitter even though she was treated so badly by her Dad.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Kristin James?
Yes.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not necessarily but a very good listen ALL the same!
Any additional comments?
Very good book!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
alot of repetition from halfway on...the incidents of being tormented never manifested into it being the father for sure or an elaborate imagination. struggled to finish it
A beautiful book with wisdom and opinions that speak to even the most cynical person.
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