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A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Hyperion
September 2010
On Sale: September 7, 2010
352 pages
ISBN: 0786868910
EAN: 9780786868919
Hardcover
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"Liz Murray shows us that the human spirit has infinite
ability to grow and can never be limited by circumstance.
Breaking Night is a beautifully written, heartfelt memoir
that will change the way you look your community, the
obstacles in your own life and the American Dream. An
inspiration, a must read."
--Robert Redford "[Liz Murray] reminds us that the greatest acts of love and
failure can occur side by side; that isolation and loss can
give way to accomplishment and promise. She offers the
awesome hope that, regardless of its past, a life can go
beyond endurance and reach for triumph. She leave us with
the memory of a child who clung to and refused to surrender
the dignity of her soul."
--Andrew Bridge, author of the New York Times bestseller
Hope's Boy "As much as it is a memoir, Breaking Night is a primer on
how poverty and drug abuse create a heartbreaking underclass
of children, one that goes largely unnoticed. By the truly
uplifting ending, Liz Murray has shown us the worst, and the
very best, of America."
--Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy and She Got Up
Off the Couch In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the
stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was
living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in
the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing
and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes
that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz
found herself on the streets when her family finally
unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and
riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control
of her own destiny and go back to high school, often
completing her assignments in the hallways and subway
stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high
school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times
scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night
is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one
young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail,
against all odds.
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