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

by Liz Murray

Book Overview

Breaking night (Urban slang) staying up through the night, until the sun rises Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786868910
• ISBN13: 9780786868919
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

One of the best memoirs I’ve ever read

This book blew me away, I could not put it down. Liz was brutally honest about her upbringing and truly painted the picture for you with every page. Liz is a true survivor.

Breathtaking!

This book is inspiring! This is a heart wrenching story about a woman who overcame living on the streets.

This book is very inspirational!!

Everything in this book will inspire you to keep pushing and moving forward no matter how tough things get.

Great read, couldn't put it down.

Liz showed amazing strength, fought her way out of poverty. Worth reading