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Author:

Isfandiyārī, Hālāh.

Title:

My prison, my home : one woman's story of captivity in Iran / Haleh Esfandiari.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Ecco,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

230 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Isfandiyārī, Hālāh.
Women political prisoners--Iran--Biography.
Political prisoners--Iran--Biography.
Iranian American women--Biography.
Iranian American authors--Biography.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Iran--Politics and government--21st century.

Contents:

The "robbery" -- An Iranian childhood -- A career interrupted -- The interrogation -- "Things will get worse" -- The lull -- The arrest -- Evin Prison -- The release -- Freedom -- Epilogue.

Summary:

On December 31, 2006, Isfandiyārī's life changed. It was believed she was part of an American conspiracy for "regime change" in Iran. After weeks of interrogation, she was detained at the notorious Evin Prison, where she spent 105 days in solitary confinement.

ISBN:

9780061583278 (hardcover)
0061583278 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)310399152

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YBPC572 -- Central City Public Library (Central City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)