Breaking Night 最貧窮的哈佛女孩:那一段飢餓、無眠與被世界遺忘的倖存歲月 | 拾書所

Breaking Night 最貧窮的哈佛女孩:那一段飢餓、無眠與被世界遺忘的倖存歲月

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如果要說我有厭惡什麼的話,
那麼我恨毒品與上癮這樣的事,但我並不恨我的父母。

要痛下多大的決心,才能從谷底中奮起?

要具備何等強大的愛,才能無條件接納墮落的家人?

莉姿.茉芮和姊姊出生於紐約市的布朗克斯區,父母嗑藥成癮,還把社會補助的教養津貼拿去買毒,全家過著三餐不繼的困頓生活。

學生時期的莉姿,常因為一身的髒衣與頭蝨滿布的亂髮而飽受取笑,自卑造就的墮落,導致她無法適應校園生活,最後被送進少女中途之家安置。

十五歲時,原本飄搖的家終告瓦解,莉姿只好隻身流落街頭靠著撿垃圾、行竊、乞食維生,甚至還整夜搭乘地鐵,只為了讓自己有個溫暖的地方過夜……

當母親死於愛滋病後,她突然警醒,這一切的墮落都源自於父母沒有勇氣跳出牢籠,唯一讓自己擁有「其他可能選項」的途徑,就是,她重回高中就讀;她經常在她睡覺的地鐵站與走廊上完成學校作業。在惡劣的環境下,莉姿把四年的高中學程,壓縮成兩年讀完,並且贏得《紐約時報》的獎學金,成為「最貧窮的哈佛女孩」。


By the age of 15, Liz found herself homeless with nowhere to turn but the tough streets, riding subways all night for a warm place to sleep and foraging through dumpsters for food. But when her mother died of AIDS a year later, Liz's life changed for ever. With no education, with no chance at a job or a home, she realised that only the most astonishing of turnarounds could stop her heading all the way down the same path her parents took. And so she set her mind to overcoming what seemed like impossible odds - and in the process, achieved something extraordinary.
 
Told with astounding sincerity, Breaking Night is the breathtaking and inspirational story of how a young women, born into a world without hope, used every ounce of strength and determination to steer herself towards a brighter future. Beautifully written, it is a poignant, evocative and stirring portrait of struggle, desperation, forgiveness and survival.

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