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My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story Of Captivity In Iran (2009)

by Haleh Esfandiari(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061583278 (ISBN13: 9780061583278)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Ecco

review 1: How does one survive incredible uncertainty and lack of control at the hands of a government? Haleh shares her ordeal in trying to return to the United States after visiting her mother in Iran. Robbed on her way to the airport, she soon concludes this was not a random event. The book explores how she was able to survive multiple interrogations as well as solitary confinement before being able to leave Iran. I was impressed as Haleh discusses how she was able to keep her composure and not deviate from the information she was giving to her captors. A very good read!
review 2: Haleh Esfandiari had many resources going for her that the majority of women in Iran do not. Her education, her partial European heritage, her incredibly strong role models, her family'... mores relatively high social status and the support of a large, intelligent and well-connected academic community rallied round her enough to allow her to endure her ordeals. Still, her description of what she had to do to survive the interrogations, the restrictions, the eventual imprisonment that came following a short visit to her mother, are far beyond what many of us could muster. This is a book of great faith and endurance written by a remarkable woman of beauty and courage. I hope she continues her dialogue and work on behalf of all women whose lives are still those of prisoners within their homes today. less

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