Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed without inscription by Bhutto on front endpaper. Jacket and pages lightly toned. 1989 Hard Cover. 411, [1] pp. A memoir by the first Muslim woman elected to lead a democratic government. She was the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan during the '80s and '90s, and was assassinated in 2007. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai lists Bhutto as an important influence on her life and activism. "Daughter of Destiny, the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto, is a historical document of uncommon passion and courage, the dramatic story of a brilliant, beautiful woman whose life was, up to her tragic assassination in 2007, inexorably tied to her nation's tumultuous history. Bhutto writes of growing up in a family of legendary wealth and near-mythic status, a family whose rich heritage survives in tales still passed from generation to generation. She describes her journey from this protected world onto the volatile stage of international politics through her education at Radcliffe and Oxford, the sudden coup that plunged her family into a prolonged nightmare of threats and torture, her father's assassination by General Zia ul-Haq in 1979, and her grueling experience as a political prisoner in solitary confinement. With candor and courage, Benazir Bhutto recounts her triumphant political rise from her return to Pakistan from exile in 1986 through the extraordinary events of 1988: the mysterious death of Zia; her party's long struggle to ensure free elections; and finally, the stunning mandate that propelled her overnight into the ranks of the world's most powerful, influential leaders.