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I‘m at my nephew‘s college graduation today, I am so very proud of him.

And this author was the keynote speaker, definitely a great story I‘m going to have to read now. Who knew I‘d get an author speaker too.

Her message:
“You are responsible for the energy you bring”

I‘m all for that!

With plenty of hard luck story memoirs out there, the author's insight and writing make this one truly special.

Day 12 - #Forgiveness #SoulSeptember

Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who was living on the streets, and made it into Harvard.
When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to go back to high school. 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 a beautifully written story of 1 young woman's spirit to survive against odds.

Murray is the daughter of drug addicts who died of Aids. They neglected her, scandalously, but loved her in their own hopelessly dysfunctional way. By the age of six she was accustomed to watching her parents shoot up (her mother was almost blind, so her father had to help her do it). She left home at 15 and it was an extraordinary achievement. From homeless to Harvard. #truestory #highlyrecommend #memoir #lifejourney

This is one of the most poignant things I have ever read. Can‘t wait to see her speak tmrw!

I love when the title is found in the pages of the story. I‘m going to see Liz Murray speak next week and I am trying to read her book before then-also this will help my book count for September if I can make it!

#Bleeckersays just chillin' on a Friday afternoon

#Truth #MayBookFlowers This was an incredibly sad and inspiring #memoir. The daughter of drug addicts, Liz spent years living on the streets. After her mother died of AIDS, she went back to school. While still homeless, she finished four years of high school in only two and was accepted to Harvard. #nonfiction

Finished this on audio today. Wow. I'm always amazed at people's grit & determination especially when everything seems to be against them. Heartbreaking yet hopeful. I didn't know they made a movie based on her life. Gonna check it out.

I haven't felt this motivated to choose kindness and work hard for my goals in awhile. Following Liz Murray's life as a hungry, dirty and neglected child of drug addicts to her homelessness and finally her determination to give her life options really inspired me. Homeless to Harvard graduate! I'm so glad this memoir was my January book club selection!

World-renowned make-up artist, Bobbi Brown, has an all-time favorite book, Liz Murray's "Breaking Night". Her favorite bio read in 2016, Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run". Lindsey Vonn's "Strong Is the New Beautiful", Colleen Yee's "Yoga For Life", Helena Rubenstein's "Beauty Is Power", & Lisa Eldridge's "Face Paint", are her other favorites. Quite a set! #BestBookRead #ReadToLead

Just started this one today.

Has anyone read this? She's coming to Paris to speak in a couple of months, so I thought I'd read her book. Opening it, I really didn't hear/ see anything I hadn't already seen as lawyer. Nothing surprises me anymore. But then, this Harvard grad starts giving detailed descriptions of her experience, loving her parents through their junkie habits, while she and her sister starve, stink and have lice, etc. It's gripping. Those poor babies!

You will be cheering for this girl at the end. It is incredible what this lady endured in her childhood and still came out okay. True story of how a little girl went from homeless to Harvard.