Breaking night
a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
by Liz Murray
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Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. Taunted at school she skipped classes, winding up in a girls' home and eventually, at fifteen, on the street. When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she became determined to go back to school. This is the unforgettable and beautifully written story of how Liz, while homeless, squeezed four years of school into two, won a New York Times scholarship, and made it into Harvard. (Bestseller).
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Alumni and alumnae, Drug Addicts, Children of drug addicts, Harvard University, Adult Children, Child of Impaired Parents, Homeless Persons, Biography, Homeless persons, Universities and colleges, Harvard university, alumni and alumnae, Harvard university, biography, New york (n.y.), biography, Large type books, New York Times reviewedPeople
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Breaking night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
2011, Thorndike Press, Windsor, Paragon
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Breaking night: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
2010, Hyperion
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The author offers an account of her journey from a fifteen-year-old living on the streets and eating garbage to her acceptance into Harvard, a feat that prompted a Lifetime movie and a successful motivational-speaking career.
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