LizMurrayneverreallyhadachanceinlife.Borntoadrug-addictedfatherwhowasinandoutofprison,andanequallydependentmotherwhowasinandoutofmentalinstitutions,sheseemeddestinedtobecomejustanothertragicstatistic.AnotherlifewastedonthebrutalstreetsofNewYork.
Bytheageof15,Lizfoundherselfhomelesswithnowheretoturnbutthetoughstreets,ridingsubwaysallnightforawarmplacetosleepandforagingthroughdumpstersforfood.ButwhenhermotherdiedofAIDSayearlater,Liz’slifechangedforever.Withnoeducation,withnochanceatajoborahome,sherealisedthatonlythemostastonishingofturnaroundscouldstopherheadingallthewaydownthesamepathherparentstook.Andsoshesethermindtoovercomingwhatseemedlikeimpossibleodds-andintheprocess,achievedsomethingextraordinary.
Toldwithastoundingsincerity,BreakingNightisthebreathtakingandinspirationalstoryofhowayoungwomen,bornintoaworldwithouthope,usedeveryounceofstrengthanddeterminationtosteerherselftowardsabrighterfuture.Beautifullywritten,itisapoignant,evocativeandstirringportraitofstruggle,desperation,forgivenessandsurvival.
