Day Seventy-Four

6/14

The Book: Daughter of Destiny by Benazir Bhutto

ISBN: 0-06-167268-2

Suggested By: Sissy Vaughn

Where: Home

When: 8-9P

Music: None

Company: The Family

Pages: 206-261 (55)

The Lead In: A thousand chores to do today, the dog will not stay out of trouble, and my reading was constantly chopped up. Not a good day for focused reading.

The 411 on the 55: After fives years of solitary (for the most part), Bhutto was released from prison for medical reasons. An inner-ear affliction, constantly ignored by the jailers had gotten to the point that her face was going numb and she was losing hearing. Reports had begun to circulate in the West, and Zia was pressured into releasing her for that reason.

Once in England, surgery relieved the pain in her ear, however, she was told that she had to wait for 9 months for a follow up surgery. Unhappy to be away from Pakistan, she began to work to get the true story out. She spoke in the US before several congressmen and senators, trying to get the US to tie aid with human rights.

Line of the Day: (reminds me of Kafka’s The Trial) “No one needed to be informed when a trial was taking place, who the accused were, what the charges were against them, or the resulting sentences.” pg 231

The Fact on the Fiction: 70 Clifton is the home of the Bhutto family and is mentioned throughout the book as a sanctuary from all the pressure and ridiculousness of Zia’s persecution. GoogleMaps