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Laddar... Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvardav Liz Murray
   Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  ShanLand | Feb 28, 2022 |  If you like stories of despair to triumph (and I do) you will like this book. Once again I wonder how people manage to escape from a life of poverty and come out shinning. Recommended (  ) janismack | Oct 22, 2019 | Wow, this might just be the best memoir I’ve ever read. Yes, the story is compelling and Liz Murray keeps you turning pages as she unfolds the incredible details of her trials and tribulations growing up in the Bronx, the daughter of drug addicts, with very little hope in life. But more than that, she is a fighter who picked up the very scattered pieces at age 16 and turned her life around. I found Murray’s writing style to be engaging and thoughtful while baring some hard-to-read parts of her soul. The conversation at the end of the book was interesting as well. My only wish would have been for some pictures of Liz’s family (they honestly probably didn’t have any) and friends. Otherwise, 5 very polished stars. Well done, Liz Murray!! (  ) LizBurkhart | Sep 5, 2019 | Love love loved this book! I thought I had to go through some crazy hurdles to overcome my obstacles in life but it was nothing like what Liz went through. I love memoirs and this one is at the top of my lost for sure. Keep sharing your story! ( ) LibraryLady14 | Jan 24, 2019 | Wonderful story of resilience but needed quite a bit more editing! (  ) kmhoy | Jul 25, 2017 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML: In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep. When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds. .Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
Deltog i LibraryThing FörhandsrecensenterLiz Murrays bok Breaking Night delades ut via LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  Populära omslag
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