02934cam a2200361 4500 530251182 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316332613 0316332615 B00413QB6Y Amazon 2bcb65ef-608f-427c-acc0-42c31c1307d6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 454307 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Murray, Liz. Breaking Night [Libby eBook] : A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard. Hachette Books, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 513kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>In the vein of <i>The Glass Castle</i>, 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.</b></p> <p><br /></p> <p>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.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>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 <i>New York Times</i> scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. <i>Breaking Night</i> is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Alex Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/2BC/B65/EF/BreakingNight9781401396206.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BCB65EF-608F-427C-ACC0-42C31C1307D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/2BC/B65/EF/BreakingNight9781401396206.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BCB65EF-608F-427C-ACC0-42C31C1307D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/2BC/B65/EF/BreakingNight9781401396206.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2BCB65EF-608F-427C-ACC0-42C31C1307D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)