My Prison, My Home
Author | : Haleh Esfandiari |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2009-08-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780061941894 |
ISBN-13 | : 0061941891 |
Rating | : 4/5 (891 Downloads) |
Download or read book My Prison, My Home written by Haleh Esfandiari and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Prison, My Home is the harrowing true story of Iranian-American scholar Haleh Esfandiari’s arrest on false charges and subsequent incarceration in Evin Prison, the most notorious penitentiary in Ahmadinejad’s Iran. Esfandiari’s riveting, deeply personal, and illuminating first-person account of her ordealis the inspiring tale of one woman’s triumph over interrogation, intimidation, and fear. Offering a shocking, close-up view inside the paranoid mindset of the repressive Ahmadinejad regime, My Prison, My Home sheds light on a high-stakes international incident that sparked protests from some of the world’s most influential public figures—including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright