I finished reading this book in two nights. Thank you Liz for being brave and strong in overcoming all hardships. You allow us to share your story and learn with you to let hope take the place of sadness. .

What can you think of when talking about ugly and dark societies? Poverty, drugs, sex, AIDS, violence, crime, death? What about poverty? Slums, filth, stinking, rags, homeless, homeless, hungry? Countless people have experienced or are currently experiencing these things, including the more miserable and realistic life you can't imagine, but there are not many people who can overcome all these sufferings and achieve success.

Liz Murray did it. She proved with practical actions that nothing is impossible, just like the Swiss famous saying she quoted at the beginning of the article---Those who want to sing can always do it. Find singing----she is a warrior and a true singer!

Liz’s parents are drug addicts and suffer from AIDS. The government’s monthly relief funds, after providing their parents with short-term enjoyment, are only enough for their family to live for 5 days. In addition to hunger, they also live in squalor. , in a smelly environment, Liz even chose to skip school when she was a child because her head was full of lice. Because she skipped school too many times, she was once sent to a girls' home (I don't know much about it, it should be a place not suitable for children, it feels like like prison). Liz never resented her parents. On the contrary, she loved them. She knew how to maintain the family she loved at a very young age. After her family was broken up, Liz lived a wandering life for several years. It was her mother's death that finally made her decide to change her destiny. With her hard work and the help of kind people, she returned to school. She completed the four-year high school course in two years, was admitted to Harvard with perfect grades, and won a first-class scholarship from the New York Times. She In a desperate situation, he achieved a perfect life reversal and inspired people to overcome difficulties and pursue their dreams.

To be honest, this book is not very literary (perhaps it is a translation problem), and the text is not beautiful or vivid. It is just a girl slowly, as if telling someone else's story. The mechanical description of his turbulent childhood, the experience of pursuing dreams and the so-called success of the world only occupy less than 10% of the book. I think maybe Liz wants to tell us that struggling on the road to success is far easier and happier than a life of self-destruction. Compared with the suffering we have, overcoming obstacles and moving forward is nothing but a trivial matter. . It’s a pity that so few people understand this truth!

This is one of the most difficult lives I know, but it is also the only book that I read the entire text without shedding a single tear: the writing style is like a line description, making it difficult for you to follow her story The words interpret everything she has experienced in her mind; what Liz wants to convey is not complaining, but "a life journey about love, forgiveness, awakening and struggle." Due to the environment in which she grew up, Liz's character is sometimes not so likable. She is sensitive, withdrawn, scheming and worldly, but she is also smart, kind, strong and brave. As she said: "I can't put Saman aside." Save Sarah from her family, but I can be her friend. I can't change Carlos, but I can keep that friendship and make myself better. I can't heal my family, even though I want to. You can forgive them and love them."

I was deeply moved and impressed by her words and deeds. If it were me, I would never be so open-minded, let alone. Towards unimaginable success; on the contrary, I might become a female gangster, a prostitute, a thief, an addict, a person who does not know self-respect, self-love, and struggle.

Bless Liz and all the upward people, please never give in to difficulties.