This biography of Pakistan's only woman prime minister to be elected twice describes her childhood in Karachi and her university years at Harvard and Oxford. The jails and homes of her arrest during ten years are covered in vivid detail as well as her arranged marriage and political leadership.
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Grade 5-9-- As this book's bibliography attests, there are few books on Pakistan's former prime minister; nearly all of the sources are interviews or newspaper and journal articles. Readers learn of Bhutto's happy childhood in the home of her father, whose strong belief in education was a major influence in her graduation cum laude from Radcliffe and her further studies at Oxford. Particularly inspiring is the story of Bhutto's courage during the power struggle between her family and the tyrannical General Zia. A clearly written, well-organized text is marked by smoothly flowing prose and varied sentence structure. One rather serious oversight is the absence of a map of Pakistan showing the location of the Bhutto homeland. However, the book offers valuable current information about Pakistani customs, so different from those of Western countries, and points out that though Bhutto bowed to tradition with her arranged marriage, her family life is fulfilling, with her children born during busy times of her leadership. --Phyllis Graves, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Libby Hughes is an author and playwright. Her published biographies include Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, Benazir Bhutto, Christopher Reeve, and Tiger Woods. Hughes edited Ginger Rogers' autobiography and is listed in the Who's Who of American Women. Her plays have won contests and been produced off off Broadway. She lives on Cape Cod.
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Bhutto: 1953-2007,
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This review is from: Benazir Bhutto: From Prison to Prime Minister (People in Focus Book) (Paperback)
This book is a very simple and basic book about Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former (and, for a while, hoped-for-future) Prime Minister. She was the first female Prime Minister of any Muslim nation, and the Pakistani equivalent in many ways of Indira Gandhi, including, unfortunately, the manner of her death.
This book does not give much insight into the various controversies and scandals of Bhutto's life -- being written more as a school-book variety biography, it gives basic facts about Pakistan, about Bhutto's family and her own life, and gives a few bits and pieces of her own quo0tes and writing. Unfortunately, there aren't many books available on Bhutto (and somewhat ironically, there is an upcoming autobiography due to be released in April 2008). One would do just as well at the moment to scan the various internet sources for information about Bhutto, but for younger people who should remember this person, who in many ways was inspiring and hope-ful, it could be worthwhile.
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This is an incredible book and is an inspiration to all women of the world. This is a highly recommeneded read for all women!!!!!!!
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