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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Breaking Night A Memoir of Forgiveness Survival and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Author: Liz Murray
In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who, despite living on the streets at age fifteen, made it into Harvard.
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ISBN-13: 9781452652894
ISBN-10: 1452652899
Publication Date: 6/15/2011
Edition: Unabridged,MP3 - Una
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Publisher: Tantor Media
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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A look into the world of poverty, drug abuse, child neglect, a broken welfare system, and the resiliancy of a child. Told, obviously from the vantage point of an educated adult, but at the same time through the eyes of the child who experienced the unrelenting discouragement of poverty and neglect.

As depressing as the bulk of this story is, it is also one of the most uplifting things I've read a long while. How a child can forgive and love those who, through their addictions and wasted lives have subjected her and her sister to a wasted and neglected childhood is a miracle. Liz Murray doesn't excuse her neglectful parents, but she doesn't demonize them either.

This book has earned a place on my list of books that has left a positive lasting impression.
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reviewed Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard on + 38 more book reviews
The best memoir that I've read in quite sometime. A must read especially for someone down on their luck and believing there is no way out. A remarkable story of determination and courage.


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