7 Best biography memoir books like Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray

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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

By: Liz Murray

4.21

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age …

"But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"... In our family, if you said the words 'I feel,' they better be followed with 'hungry' or 'cold'. Because we didn't get personal, that's just how it was."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"... In our family, if you said the words 'I feel,' they better be followed with 'hungry' or 'cold'. Because we didn't get personal, that's just how it was."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of And So It Goes: Adventures in Television by Linda Ellerbee

1. And So It Goes: Adventures in Television

By: Linda Ellerbee

3.74

Format: 306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Examines the internal operations of television news and answers many basic journalistic questions b… read more

Similar categories in Linda Ellerbee's And So It Goes: Adventures in Television book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fat Girl: A True Story by Judith Moore

2. Fat Girl: A True Story

By: Judith Moore

3.31

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

A Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2005 ( Entertainment Weekly ) For any woman who has ever had a love/h… read more

Similar categories in Judith Moore's Fat Girl: A True Story book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray

3. Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

By: Liz Murray

4.21

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age … read more

Similar categories in Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography
  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • school
  • social work
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • poverty
  • adult
"But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of strides when you're not."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"... In our family, if you said the words 'I feel,' they better be followed with 'hungry' or 'cold'. Because we didn't get personal, that's just how it was."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"Out of nowhere, for whatever reason, a different feeling snuck up in its place, and hope. If life could change for the worst, I thought, then maybe life could change for the better."

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

"The more needy I kept myself, the more it would always be up to other people what happened to me, I decided I would make my life so full of things that empowered me, people like this woman would shri…"

-Liz Murray, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

Cover of Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World by Jane A. Schmidt

4. Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World

By: Jane A. Schmidt

3.93

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Not a Perfect Fit is a collection of stories that are laugh-out-loud funny one minute and thought-p… read more

Similar categories in Jane A. Schmidt's Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
Cover of Looking To Be Seen by Lori Osterman

5. Looking To Be Seen

By: Lori Osterman

3.98

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

A beautiful book of poetry written with warmth, heart and love about life's challenges, heartache, … read more

Similar categories in Lori Osterman's Looking To Be Seen book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • memoir
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6. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir

By: Lillian Faderman

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more

Similar categories in Lillian Faderman's Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of A Stone for Benjamin by Fiona  Gold Kroll

7. A Stone for Benjamin

By: Fiona Gold Kroll

3.91

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjami… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Gold Kroll's A Stone for Benjamin book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography by None, P.D. James

8. Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

By: None , P.D. James

3.91

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked … read more

Similar categories in None's Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their …"

-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography

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9. The Ugly Daughter

By: Julia Legian , Dawn Burke

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

The Ugly Daughter is a thrilling memoir, the gripping true story of a young girl who witnessed horr… read more

Similar categories in Julia Legian's The Ugly Daughter book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography
  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Clouse's Houses - A story of challenge, creativity, and the heart of an architect by Carol Clouse

10. Clouse's Houses - A story of challenge, creativity, and the heart of an architect

By: Carol Clouse

3.97

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

"I am an architect. More significantly I am a female architect - born of an incredibly determined … read more

Similar categories in Carol Clouse's Clouse's Houses - A story of challenge, creativity, and the heart of an architect book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

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11. Cutted Chicken in Shanghai

By: Sharon Winters

4.01

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

An American woman takes a cultural fling into China and finds humorous and engaging adventures as h… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Winters's Cutted Chicken in Shanghai book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
Cover of Starving for Attention by Cherry Boone O'Neill

12. Starving for Attention

By: Cherry Boone O'Neill

3.89

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

In this dramatic book, Cherry reveals the horrifying cycle that became her own flirtation with deat… read more

Similar categories in Cherry Boone O'Neill's Starving for Attention book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys by E.J. Plows

13. Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys

By: E.J. Plows

4.18

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

In February 2007 I was diagnosed with Bipolar type one after a long battle with post natal depressi… read more

Similar categories in E.J. Plows's Autistic blessings and Bipolar me.: A Frank and Brutally Honest Diary of a Mother with Bipolar and Her Two Autistic Boys book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

14. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

Similar categories in Darnyelle Jervey Harmon's Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
  • inspirational
Cover of Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives by Anne  Michaud

15. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

By: Anne Michaud

4.29

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • inspirational
"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"

-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives

Cover of Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love by Aimee Cabo Nikolov

16. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov

4.30

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Aimee Cabo Nikolov's Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • biography
  • inspirational
"#metooasachild"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"We can be beacons of light"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"Unconditional Love conquers all!"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"

-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love

Cover of A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest by L.A. Muse

17. A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest

By: L.A. Muse

4.02

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

About the A young child, orphaned by addiction and isolated from her siblings, dreams of reuniting… read more

Similar categories in L.A. Muse's A Forest of Doors: An Orphan's Quest book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • memoir
Cover of Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment by Sumangali Morhall

18. Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

By: Sumangali Morhall

3.98

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Has your life ever flashed before you? Sumangali Morhall chased everything Western society taught h… read more

Similar categories in Sumangali Morhall's Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars."

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"When first discovering a night sky, the eyes may pick out a few tiny stars. Waiting and watching reveals thousands, until it seems there is yet more light than empty blackness. So my life has been, a…"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

"I remembered the taste of good Italian coffee in my London flat, brewed at the expense of time and a good deal of mess, compared to the sort that came out of machines in the office at the press of a …"

-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment

Cover of Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond by Erika Schelby

19. Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond

By: Erika Schelby

3.89

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

As a German-American explores the colorful landscape of the American Southwest, its adventure-rich … read more

Similar categories in Erika Schelby's Looking for Humboldt & Searching for German Footprints in New Mexico and Beyond book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction
Cover of Affairytale (Affairytale, #1) by C.J. English

20. Affairytale (Affairytale, #1)

By: C.J. English

3.79

Format: 330 pages, None

#1 Amazon kindle bestselling book-diaries and journals. I’d fallen tragically in love with a man… read more

Similar categories in C.J. English's Affairytale (Affairytale, #1) book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I wanted the fairytale."

-C.J. English, Affairytale (Affairytale, #1)

"I needed him like I needed air to breathe."

-C.J. English, Affairytale (Affairytale, #1)

"He didn't take any of my shit. I needed that."

-C.J. English, Affairytale (Affairytale, #1)

"It was impossible not to fall in love with him."

-C.J. English, Affairytale (Affairytale, #1)

Cover of The Red Sea Bride by Sylvia Fowler

21. The Red Sea Bride

By: Sylvia Fowler

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

At a language school on the Pacific Ocean, 18-year-old Sylvia falls in love with a devastating youn… read more

Similar categories in Sylvia Fowler's The Red Sea Bride book and Liz Murray's Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

  • nonfiction

18 Top nonfiction books like Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray

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Linda Ellerbee

3.74

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Judith Moore

3.31

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4.21

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Agnes Newton Keith

4.16

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Barbara Brown Taylor

3.95

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4.16

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