Breaking Night
$37.21
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2011
Summary
An inspirational memoir by a young woman who, at age fifteen, was forced out onto the streets and survived several years of homelessness before eventually making it into Harvard.
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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099556299 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099556294 |
| Author: | Liz Murray |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 131mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Arrow Books |
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Critics Review
This incredibly moving memoir is full of hope and courage
This incredibly moving memoir is full of hope and courage * The Sun *Thrilling…Murray is clearly a remarkable person * Sunday Times Culture *Breaking Night is the real deal… Liz had every reason to give up on life, but instead of using her grim childhood as an excuse to fail, she used it to fuel her redemption… Amazing * Grazia *Smart, fluent, and relentlessly spry…head and shoulders above the rest, because Liz Murray is remarkable * The Observer *A powerful story to tell * Woman *A rare and comprehensive firsthand account of being homeless in America * Big Issue *Remarkable * BBC World Service *The book is lucid and vivid and rich * Saturday Times Magazine *A frank recollection of her journey from a childhood marred with drug addiction to an Ivy League graduate via an adolescence spent on the streets…an instant hit * Daily Express *
About The Author
Liz Murray
Liz Murray completed high school and won a New York Times scholarship while homeless, and graduated from Harvard University in 2009. She has been awarded The White House Project Role Model Award, a Christopher Award, as well as the Chutzpah Award, which was given to her by Oprah Winfrey. Lifetime Television produced a film about Murray’s life, Homeless to Harvard- The Liz Murray Story. The founder and director of Manifest Living, a New York-based company that empowers adults to create the results they want in their own lives, today Murray travels the world delivering motivational speeches and conducting workshops to inspire others.
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