" Breaking Night reads more like an adventure story than an addiction-morality tale. It's a white-knuckle account of survival. . . . By age 6, Murray knew how to mainline drugs (though she never took them) and how to care for her strung-out parents. She showed uncanny maturity, even as a child, and later managed to avoid that malady of teenagers and memoir writers, self-pity. . . . Murray's stoicism has been hard-earned; it serves her well as a writer. Breaking Night itself is full of heart, without a sliver of ice, and deeply moving." ( The New York Times Book Review ) "Liz Murray shows us that the human spirit has infinite ability to grow and can never be limited by circumstance. Breaking Night is a beautifully written, heartfelt memoir that will change the way you look your community, the obstacles in your own life and the American Dream. An inspiration, a must read." (Robert Redford) "[Liz Murray] reminds us that the greatest acts of love and failure can occur side by side; that isolation and loss can give way to accomplishment and promise. She offers the awesome hope that, regardless of its past, a life can go beyond endurance and reach for triumph. She leave us with the memory of a child who clung to and refused to surrender the dignity of her soul." (Andrew Bridge, author of the New York Times bestseller Hope's Boy ) "As much as it is a memoir, Breaking Night is a primer on how poverty and drug abuse create a heartbreaking underclass of children, one that goes largely unnoticed. By the truly uplifting ending, Liz Murray has shown us the worst, and the very best, of America." (Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy and She Got Up Off the Couch ) 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 when her family finally unraveled. 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.
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Liz Murray completed high school and won a New York Times scholarship while homeless, and graduated from Harvard University in 2009. She has been awarded The White House Project Role Model Award, a Christopher Award, as well as the Chutzpah Award, which was given to Liz by Oprah Winfrey. Lifetime Television produced a film about Liz's life, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Today, she travels the world to deliver motivational speeches and workshops to inspire others. Liz is the founder and director of Manifest Trainings, a New York-based company that empowers adults to create the results they want in their own lives. ^Liz Murray completed high school and won a New York Times scholarship while homeless, and graduated from Harvard University in 2009. She has been awarded The White House Project Role Model Award, a Christopher Award, as well as the Chutzpah Award, which was given to Liz by Oprah Winfrey. Lifetime Television produced a film about Liz's life, Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Today, she travels the world to deliver motivational speeches and workshops to inspire others. Liz is the founder and director of Manifest Trainings, a New York-based company that empowers adults to create the results they want in their own lives.
有的人生来锦衣华服,有的生来贫困潦倒。但是如果弱者不思进取,不愿付出努力,寻找种种理由为自己的潦倒开脱,在享受中堕落,那么这样的生活势将如同一潭死水一般毫无生机。上帝赐予我平静,让我们接受无法改变的事情。莉丝的父母吸毒,一家生活在贫民窟,她不能穿整洁的衣服...
评分这本书的分类是励志传记,很久以前也看过这部电影,确实小小地励志了一把,觉得自己只要努力没有达不到的梦想。可是,后来就渐渐忘了,在日复一日的生活里,渐渐忘却了自己还有梦想,忘了本该竭尽所能去追寻自己的梦。励志故事的效果大都如此,心里热乎一把,小小激动一把,然...
评分当莉丝身上的钱只够做两件事情,买地铁去下一个地点面试和坐火车回去,还可以买点披萨,如果是我,我可能会选择后者。 小时候,父亲跟我讲过一句话叫:“穷人的孩子先当家”,每个人对这句话的体会是不一样。刚出生 ,她已经注定去应付,“毒品,色情交易,贫...
评分 评分转自:子非鱼 世界在转动, 你只是一粒尘埃, 就算你消失了, 地球仍然转动。 现实是不会按照你的意志去改变的, 因为别人的意志更强些。 生活的残酷会让人不知所措, 于是有人终日沉浸在彷徨迷茫之中, 不愿意睁大双眼看清形势...
很久没有那种意犹未尽的感觉了,这本书读了大概有10天,每次拿起都不想放下。生活就是这样,或许苦难或许励志,或许无奈获取自强,就像是作者最后说的那句话:“Life takes on the meaning that you give it”。之前度过毛姆的人生的枷锁,觉得人生其实就是毫无意义的,所谓的意义都是人赋予的。可是想想如果人生满都是负面的东西,那么活着便是真的没有意义了。人类赋予的也好,自然存在的也好,给自己设定目标,然后认真地活下去,享受自己达成目标的过程,这样的生活不也挺好吗?很喜欢Liz举的那个例子,我的眼前真的出现了那个跨栏跑的运动员,是她赐予我力量。作为英专生,觉得文章写得很好,用小词很多,句子不长,便于理解。读的过程中刚好可以督促自己掌握新的词汇,还有各种近义词等。很好!
评分很久没有那种意犹未尽的感觉了,这本书读了大概有10天,每次拿起都不想放下。生活就是这样,或许苦难或许励志,或许无奈获取自强,就像是作者最后说的那句话:“Life takes on the meaning that you give it”。之前度过毛姆的人生的枷锁,觉得人生其实就是毫无意义的,所谓的意义都是人赋予的。可是想想如果人生满都是负面的东西,那么活着便是真的没有意义了。人类赋予的也好,自然存在的也好,给自己设定目标,然后认真地活下去,享受自己达成目标的过程,这样的生活不也挺好吗?很喜欢Liz举的那个例子,我的眼前真的出现了那个跨栏跑的运动员,是她赐予我力量。作为英专生,觉得文章写得很好,用小词很多,句子不长,便于理解。读的过程中刚好可以督促自己掌握新的词汇,还有各种近义词等。很好!
评分很久没有那种意犹未尽的感觉了,这本书读了大概有10天,每次拿起都不想放下。生活就是这样,或许苦难或许励志,或许无奈获取自强,就像是作者最后说的那句话:“Life takes on the meaning that you give it”。之前度过毛姆的人生的枷锁,觉得人生其实就是毫无意义的,所谓的意义都是人赋予的。可是想想如果人生满都是负面的东西,那么活着便是真的没有意义了。人类赋予的也好,自然存在的也好,给自己设定目标,然后认真地活下去,享受自己达成目标的过程,这样的生活不也挺好吗?很喜欢Liz举的那个例子,我的眼前真的出现了那个跨栏跑的运动员,是她赐予我力量。作为英专生,觉得文章写得很好,用小词很多,句子不长,便于理解。读的过程中刚好可以督促自己掌握新的词汇,还有各种近义词等。很好!
评分一边跑步一边听,就像在回忆当初看过的电影一般,不过细致了许多
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