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

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

Liz Murray

341 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced
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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...

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inspiring 84%
emotional 73%
dark 47%
reflective 47%
sad 47%
challenging 42%
tense 31%
adventurous 26%
hopeful 26%
informative 15%

Pace

medium 57%
fast 33%
slow 9%

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