My prison, my home
Subtitle: one woman's story of captivity in Iran
By: Haleh Esfandiari
Edition: 1st Ecco pbk. ed.
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780061583285
Subjects: Women political prisoners; Biography; Political prisoners; Iranian American women; Iranian American authors; Islam and politics; Politics and government
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: The "robbery"; title: An Iranian childhood; title: A career interrupted; title: The interrogation; title: "Things will get worse"; title: The lull; title: The arrest; title: Evin Prison; title: The release; title: Freedom; title: Epilogue.