Reconciliation

Benazir Bhutto came home to Pakistan in October 2007 after eight years abroad in exile, convinced she could help bring about real change. Her return drew huge crowds, but it was also hit by a suicide bombing that killed nearly two hundred people. Bhutto refused to be deterred. Aware that both her country's future and her own time were running short, she pressed on with greater resolve than before.

This book traces her last months in Pakistan in vivid detail. It also sets out her proposals for countering Islamist extremism and for restoring the tolerance and justice she saw as central to her faith. She addresses Western readers and Muslims around the world alike, and she offers a picture of contemporary Islam that runs against the stereotypes common in the West.

Readers who finish the book will better grasp what the world lost when she was assassinated.