Breaking night
Subtitle: a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard
By: by Liz Murray
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Windsor; Paragon
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Waterville, Me; [Bath, England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 653
ISBN-13: 9781410433404; 9781445855158; 9781445855165
Subjects: Alumni and alumnae; Homeless persons; Children of drug addicts; Universities and colleges; Harvard University; Large print books; Large type books; Biography
Description: 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).