{"product_id":"9780786868919","title":"Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard","description":"\u003cb\u003e New York Times bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle, Breaking Night\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLiz 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. \u003ci\u003eBreaking Night\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman’s indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz Murray\u003c\/b\u003e completed high school and won a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eHomeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078721540336,"sku":"9780786868919","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786868919_p0.jpg?v=1784734013","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786868919","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}