For the love of a child. Betty Mahmoody and Arnold Dunchock. 1992.

In 1986, Betty Mahmoody and her daughter made a daring escape from Iran into Turkey and freedom, leaving behind a husband and father who had condemned them to a life of forcible exile. The story of that experience, Not Without My Daughter, became an international bestseller.

For the Love of a Child takes up where she left off: at the American Embassy in Turkey after a daring escape from Iran. She describes her cultural re-adjustment to America, her constant fear of her husband Moody’s revenge , and her ultimate frustration with a legal system that cannot offer protection to her daughter or herself.

But the story is not hers alone. Betty describes her many encounters with others who have tried to escape similar situations, telling their dramatic stories with the sensitivity of one who knows only too well what they’ve been through and how far they still have to go.