Lori Foroozandeh

This is the true story of a women, who after experiencing abuse throughout her life by various people, travels to Iran with her husband. At first her time there was good, however, after the events of September 11th she is soon captured and held in a prison camp with others with American ties. There she is tortured until she manages escape. A well written account of Lori's story. Though horrific and gruesome at times the story needs to be told. The reader will be captivated and horrified by Lori's story.… (mehr)

By the age of 15 Lori was married. Her marriage was an escape from molestation by her brother. More abuse, both sexual, domestic, and drug abuse were to follow in her life.
Remarried to an Iranian Lori left her son behind and traveled to Iran with her husband. The day after 9/11 both she and her husband are trying to leave Iran and are arrested. Separated, she finds herself in a POW camp. It is here she suffers more abuse in the form of torture, rape and starvation. After rescue she has another hurdle to get over. In Iran, a woman can’t travel without her husband’s permission. Since she didn’t know where he was she had to fight their bureaucracy just to return to her country of birth. Once back in the United States she began her long journey, as yet unfinished down the road of healing. What amazed me about this book was the love she still has for the Iranian people. There is no hatred or prejudice toward them, even after what she went through. This was an excellent book and a definite emotional read.… (mehr)