Reconciliation, Benazir Bhutto
Reconciliation, Benazir Bhutto
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Reconciliation
Islam, Democracy, and the West

Author: Benazir Bhutto

Narrator: Rita Wolf

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Harper

Published: 02/12/2008

Synopsis

From the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who finished writing this extraordinary book just days before her assassination, comes a groundbreaking vision of how to bridge the widening gap between the Islamic world and the West.Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly 200 of her countrymen. But she continued to forge ahead, with more courage and conviction than ever, since she knew that time was running out—for the future of her nation, and for her life. In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of tolerance and justice that lay at the heart of her religion. After reading this book, it will become even clearer what the world has lost by her assassination.

About Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996, and the chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party. Born in 1953 in Karachi, Bhutto was the first woman ever to lead a Muslim state. She lived in exile from 1999 until her return to Pakistan in October 2007, two months before her assassination.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Saadia on May 05, 2021

A book which Benazir Bhutto herself penned and was published after her assassination. BB’s government was twice toppled due to high corruption charges. And this book clearly doesn’t talk about them. She illustrates about her life incidents but fails to provide a clear picture. Her image in people’s......more

Goodreads review by Penny on April 08, 2008

Anyone who knew I was reading Reconciliation, knew that this book was a tough read for me. First, I rarely read works of non-fiction, and second, I didn't know much about the Islamic world/history, though I was vastly curious. But there was something about Benazir Bhutto that really drew me in. Afte......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on April 19, 2008

Benazir Bhutto first caught my eye many years ago when I noticed that she was prime minister of Pakistan. I was heartened to see a female leader in an Islamic nation because Islamic societies have a reputation for cruelty to women with Pakistan not being the least among them in this regard. Although......more

Goodreads review by lp on June 24, 2009

I picked up this book thinking that Benazir Bhutto was going to be my hero but I was very disappointed. I know she is heroic and was a martyr for her cause -- Islamic Democracy -- and I wanted to know more about that. About how she promoted women and freedom and voice to the people of Pakistan. I lo......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on April 20, 2008

Non-extremist views of Islam and how f-up the US is politically.......more

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