Intro; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Author's Note; Contents; Prologue: The Kidnapping; 1. Beginnings; 2. First Love and Heartbreak; 3. A Stranger in Germany; 4. An Ultimatum and a Choice-1975; 5. Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams; 6. The Robot Mother; 7. Attempts at Escape; 8. A Village in Jordan, December 1979; 9. Return to Montreal; 10. Jordan, Spring 1980; 11. Escape over the Allenby Bridge; 12. The Condemnation; 13. Dissociation; 14. Montreal -- Beginnings and Disappointments; 15. Ventures in Saudi Arabia; 16. Vacation in Jordan and Germany; 17. Goodbye to Mutti
18. Cracks in the Pretend Family-the 1990s19. The Death of Djido -- Jordan, 1996; 20. Freedom at Last; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; About the Author