Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard - Couverture rigide

Murray, Liz

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ISBN 10 : 0786868910 ISBN 13 : 9780786868919

Editeur : Hachette Books, 2010

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"From runaway to Harvard student, Murray tells an engaging, powerfully motivational story about turning her life around.... In this incredible story of true grit, Murray went from feeling like "the world was filled with people who were repulsed by me" to learning to receive the bountiful generosity of strangers who truly cared."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Truly uplifting ... 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

"The admirable story of a teen who overcame homelessness through sheer grit and the kindness of friends ... An uplifting story of survival."―Kirkus Reviews

"Breaking Night reads more like an adventure story than an addiction-morality tale. It's a white-knuckle account of survival. . . . By age 6, Murray knew how to mainline drugs (though she never took them) and how to care for her strung-out parents. She showed uncanny maturity, even as a child, and later managed to avoid that malady of teenagers and memoir writers, self-pity. . . . Murray's stoicism has been hard-earned; it serves her well as a writer. Breaking Night itself is full of heart, without a sliver of ice, and deeply moving."―The New York Times Book Review

"Education was the miracle that saved Murray's life. . . . Her story is inspirational, and her description of [her high school], and its role in her life, should be read by everyone concerned about education."―Washington Post Book World

"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 at your community, the obstacles in your own life, and the American Dream. An inspiration; a must-read."―Robert Redford

Quatrième de couverture :

Liz Murray never really had a chance in life.Born to a drug-addicted father who was in and out of prison, and an equally dependent mother who was in and out of mental institutions, she seemed destined to become just another tragic statistic.Another life wasted on the brutal streets of New York.

For Liz, childhood was a series of impossible challenges, in a world a no child should have to inhabit: a small apartment frequented by an endless parade of users, while Liz and her sister foraged for food on the streets.A world where the physical pain of desperate hunger was a constant feature.

By the age of 15, Liz found herself homeless with nowhere to turn but the tough streets, riding subways all night for a warm place to sleep. But when her mother died of AIDS a year later, Liz's life changed forever. With no education, with no chance at a job or a home, she realised that only the most astonishing of turnarounds could stop her heading all the way down the same path her parents took.And so she set her mind to overcoming what seemed like impossible odds - and in the process, achieved something extraordinary.

Told with astounding sincerity, BREAKING NIGHT is the breathtaking and inspirational story of how a young women, born into a world without hope, used every ounce of strength and determination to steer herself towards a brighter future. Beautifully written, it is a poignant, evocative and stirring portrait of struggle, desperation, forgiveness and survival.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hachette Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786868910
• ISBN 13: 9780786868919
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304