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

by Murray, Liz (Author)

The stunning memoir of a young woman who at age 15 was living on the streets but survived to make it to Harvard. Murray's story was featured in the Lifetime Original Movie Homeless to Harvard.

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages

Publisher: Hyperion Books, September 2010

Product Dimensions: 9.28 L × 6.5 W × 1.09 H

Publisher Marketing: 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.

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