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

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

A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard is a 352-page addiction morality tale authored by Liz Murray and published by the Hachette Books in 2011. In this book, Murray presents her memoir in which she provides a detailed illustration of her experiences. Having been born of drug addicts, Murray had to contend with a life of neglect in which she ended up dropping out of school and becoming a homeless girl who had nowhere, but the street to call home. However, due to her resilience and focused, she later rejoined school and managed to secure scholarship to further her studies at the prestigious Harvard University. This paper presents a critical review of memoir and goes ahead to analyze its relevance to psychology.
Having spent enough time to go through this memoir, I would like to begin by expressing my satisfaction with it. Indeed, I liked A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard because it is an informative and educative publication that has a lot of lessons in it. As the author, Murray uses herself as an example of how an ordinary child can overcome all the challenges to make it eventually in life. The memoir does not just highlight Murray’s troubles but explains them in details. As a narrator, Murray presents a clear picture of the lifestyle and conducts of her parents who were real drug addicts. After giving in to cocaine and other…