My Name Is Mahtob Paperback – 7 February 2017

The book is in proper condition, as expected amazon you are the best online selling and buying app but try asap to make the facility of COD

The writing style is not understood.Past to present & present to past tense in the same sentence.Also it is more about religion.

I’m so glad Mahtob wrote her own book. She’s a strong and wonderful woman. I enjoyed reading this very much.

I came across this while searching for current news of Betty and Mahtob Mahmoody, after recently re-watching the remarkable movie "Not Without My Daughter". Mahtob has written a memoir that is historically interesting, but most of all it’s a valuable journal for anyone who has been betrayed, stalked, or otherwise traumatised by someone they loved and trusted. The author’s journey covers a richly varied tapestry of life: the horror of experiencing her kind dad morphing into a monster; the complexity, joys and pains of deep family ties; the beauty of her Persian heritage that she has embraced through almost unbearable trauma; the quietly told but sinister suspense thread of being stalked by her father and his minions; the clear-eyed love and respect she has for her courageous mother—all held together and underpinned by her sturdy and practical Christian faith. Mahtob never preaches; she merely expresses through her words and actions the great value of knowing and loving Jesus the Saviour, in this life and for eternity. One thing in the book would almost have made me laugh if it weren’t so deadly serious: as a psychology major looking at her father through professional glasses, Mahtob writes: “I was sad that this man had let his dysfunction rule his life.” She sees him as someone with “Narcissistic Personality Disorder”, but by all accounts he was just a Muslim man faithfully following the teachings of Muhammad, the Quran, and the Sira (as the West has begun to learn, though seemingly not understand, in the decades since Betty and Mahtob were able to escape from the brutality of Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime in the Islamic Republic of Iran). Ultimately, this is a memoir of personal redemption and forgiveness, which includes still seeing evil as evil, and fighting it in the only way possible, not with weapons or retaliation but with the love, mercy, and grace of Jesus. Mahtob beautifully uses the analogy of the rich Persian carpets of her heritage to draw together all the threads of her life. She relates them to a poem which expresses how the “dark threads” (of sorrow) are as necessary as the “threads of gold and silver” that God uses to weave the tapestry of our lives. This is a story that celebrates the value, the joy, and the wonder of life—all things we desperately need in this world today.

This book is one of the best I have ever read. The author is a courageous young woman. From a young age her challenges are enormous, yet her faith keeps her strong and determined. An admirable and brave woman.

Great read

Anfänglich interessant, obwohl die Geschichte aus dem Buch ihrer Mutter schon bekannt war. Die Aufarbeitung der Flucht und die Jahre des Heranwachsens des Mädchens ist jedoch langatmig und dreht sich im Kreis. Schade, dass sie im Erwachsenenalter nicht doch das Gespräch mit ihrem Vater aufgenommen hat.