'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. 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) She offers the awesome hope that, regardless of its past, a life can go beyond endurance and reach for triumph. ' 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. An inspiration, a must read.' (Robert Redford) 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.

'Liz Murray shows us that the human spirit has infinite ability to grow and can never be limited by circumstance. Breaking Night itself is full of heart, without a sliver of ice, and deeply moving.' ( The New York Times Book Review)

Murray's stoicism has been hard-earned it serves her well as a writer. She showed uncanny maturity, even as a child, and later managed to avoid that malady of teenagers and memoir writers, self-pity. By age 6, Murray knew how to mainline drugs (though she never took them) and how to care for her strung-out parents. It's a white-knuckle account of survival.

(' Breaking Night reads more like an adventure story than an addiction-morality tale.

Breaking night a memoir of forgiveness