Trapped in Iran, Samieh Hezari
Trapped in Iran, Samieh Hezari
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Trapped in Iran
A Mother’s Desperate Journey to Freedom

Author: Samieh Hezari

Narrator: Necar Zadegan

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2016

Synopsis

In 2009, Samieh Hezari made a terrible mistake. She flew from her adopted home of Ireland to her birthplace in Iran so her fourteen-month-old daughter, Rojha, could be introduced to the child’s father. When the violent and unstable father refused to allow his daughter to leave and demanded that Samieh renew their relationship, a two-week holiday became a desperate five-year battle to get her daughter out of Iran. If Samieh could not do so before Rojha turned seven, the father could take sole custody―forever.The father’s harassment and threats intensified, eventually resulting in an allegation of adultery that was punishable by stoning, but Samieh―a single mother trapped in a country she saw as restricting the freedom and future of her daughter―never gave up, gaining inspiration from other Iranian women facing similar situations. As both the trial for adultery and her daughter’s seventh birthday loomed, the Irish government was unable to help, leaving Samieh to attempt multiple illegal escapes in an unforgettable, epic journey to freedom.Trapped in Iran is the harrowing and emotionally gripping story of how a mother defied a man and a country to win freedom for her daughter.

About Samieh Hezari

Samieh Hezari, born in Iran, is an accountant at a law firm and is studying for a degree in psychology. Trapped in Iran was her first book. She lives in Dublin, Ireland, with her two daughters, Saba and Rojha.

About Kaylene Petersen

Australian-born Kaylene Petersen has worked for over twenty years in the field of editing and publishing.

About Necar Zadegan

Necar Zadegan is an actress who has appeared on the national television shows NCIS: New Orleans, 24, The Event, Harry’s Law, A Gifted Man, CSI: Miami, The Shield, Nip/Tuck, The Unit, NCIS, How I Met Your Mother, and Lost, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary on December 14, 2021

Holy crap. That’s what I wrote in about 50 places in the margin. Along with OMG and dear lord and how much more can this woman endure? This is one harrowing story and I dare you to try and read it without knots forming in your stomach and tears in your eyes.......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on August 02, 2016

TRAPPED in IRAN A MOTHER’S DESPERATE JOURNEY TO FREEDOM By Samieh Hezari with Kaylene Peterson Trapped in Iran is a memoir that reads like a thriller in that it is a page turner. Once started one must keep reading to the end. It is a great read. The themes are hope and disappointment, trust and betrayal......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on December 18, 2016

I might have rated the book higher, but the narrator's cadence was off (quick and jerky), and she performed this emotionally harrowing and suspenseful story displaying more frustration than building intensity. Memoir of an Irani/Irish woman's 5 year race to get her younger daughter out of Iran (at 7......more

Goodreads review by Neeti on August 14, 2016

The story unfolds almost like a fiction novel (not that I have read much fiction). It is hard to believe that someone actually lived the story! That it isn't a fiction makes it even more captivating to read on. Amazing read, and well written. Like a few other new discoveries, I had gathered this too......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on October 22, 2021

A fascinating and sad eye-opener of what life is like in Iran for women. It is a society that gives no rights to women. A divorced man can take a child away from the mother permanently when the child turns 7. In this case, the protagonist knew that she had to escape with her daughter before she turne......more

Quotes

“Necar Zadegan narrates the powerful story of a mother’s desperate struggle to extricate herself and her child from a hopeless existence in Iran…Zadegan uses tone and pacing to express the Hezari’s pain and strength.” AudioFile

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