Not without my daughter by Betty Mahmoody
Published by Corgi

This is the true story of one woman’s struggle to survive and escape with her daughter from an alien and frightening culture.  Married in the USA to an Americanised Irani, Mahmoody found herself imprisoned in Tehran along with her young daughter when her husband decided to return to his homeland after the fall of the Shah.  Though by no means a scholarly view of life in modern day Iran, Mahmoody provides fast-paced reading and an action-packed story that paints a picture of the upheaval and repression she experienced.