It is adapted from the autobiography Breaking Night by Liz Murray, an American "miracle girl" (the Chinese version of The Wind and Rain at Harvard Road has been published).

Liz Murray, who grew up in the worst street in new york but graduated from an Ivy League school, has now become an international speaker. But when I was a child, it was her parents who spent their welfare money on cocaine and heroin, while she and her sister were starving: "We ate ice cubes at that time because we would feel like" eating food ". We divide a bar of toothpaste into half for dinner. " At the age of 16, she became a vagrant girl. At that time, she would steal some self-study books while stealing food, and then study her lessons in the lobby of a friend's house. Today, the book Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard has reached the best-seller list in The New York Times.

people's evaluation of this book is "a thrilling record of survival", which will be published in Britain in January 21.

Liz was born in the Bronx. She witnessed her parents injecting cocaine all day. "My parents are hippies. When the 198 s came, I was born, and they also evolved from dancing disco to taking drugs. " She recalled. She often says that she loves her parents very much, and her parents love her very much. She also says that her parents are actually very smart, and it is only because of drug addiction and the poverty caused by it that they are unable to raise their sisters. She remembered that her mother had stolen her birthday money, sold a TV set and even sold a turkey given to them by the church at Thanksgiving, just to raise enough money to get some cocaine. Liz always showed up at school covered in lice, was bullied because of her bad smell and rags, and finally dropped out of school. Her mother's famous saying is "One day, life will get better", and then she either spends the whole day vomiting and being taken care of by her daughter, or continues to indulge, and her arms are covered with pinhole marks. When Liz was 15 years old, her mother found out that she was HIV-positive, and she had AIDS. She passed away soon and was buried in a wooden box donated by others. When Liz's father couldn't pay the rent and moved to a homeless shelter, Liz lived on the street. Her sister landed on a friend's sofa, while Liz sometimes slept on the city's 24-hour subway and sometimes on a park bench. At first, she felt that she was an uneasy element and a victim, but later, she had an epiphany. "Just like my mother used to, I always said to myself,' I will fix my life one day'. But when I saw my mother still didn't realize her dream until she died, I understood that the time for me to make changes was either now or never. " She said. Although she has nowhere to live and hasn't been to school seriously for so many years, at the age of 17, she vowed to be a top student and asked herself to finish high school education within two years. She finished one year's courses in one semester and went to night school at night. A teacher saw that she was very enterprising and gave her counseling. When the teacher brought 1 of his best students to Harvard, she stood outside the university without fear, just admiring its architecture-and then she decided that she had the ability to enter the university. Then, she heard the news that the new york Times offered scholarships.