An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny /
Schroff, Laura.
An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny / - 1st Howard Books hardcover ed. - Nashville : Howard Books, 2011. - xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Foreword / by Valerie Salembier -- Introduction -- Spare change -- The first day -- One good break -- The birthday present -- The baseball glove -- Is that it? -- A mother's song -- A father's legacy -- The brown paper bag -- The big table -- The missed appointment -- Outside looking in -- Bittersweet miracle -- A simple recipe -- The new bicycle -- The winter coat -- The dark forest -- One last test -- The greatest gift -- Epilogue: Love, Maurice.
He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.
9781451642513 1451642512
2011009636
Schroff, Laura.
Mazyck, Maurice.
Schroff, Laura--Childhood and youth.
Children and adults--Case studies.
Friendship--Case studies.
African American boys--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Poor children--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Women, White--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Sales executives--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
F128.56 / .S37 2011
974.7/1
An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny / - 1st Howard Books hardcover ed. - Nashville : Howard Books, 2011. - xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Foreword / by Valerie Salembier -- Introduction -- Spare change -- The first day -- One good break -- The birthday present -- The baseball glove -- Is that it? -- A mother's song -- A father's legacy -- The brown paper bag -- The big table -- The missed appointment -- Outside looking in -- Bittersweet miracle -- A simple recipe -- The new bicycle -- The winter coat -- The dark forest -- One last test -- The greatest gift -- Epilogue: Love, Maurice.
He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.
9781451642513 1451642512
2011009636
Schroff, Laura.
Mazyck, Maurice.
Schroff, Laura--Childhood and youth.
Children and adults--Case studies.
Friendship--Case studies.
African American boys--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Poor children--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Women, White--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Sales executives--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
F128.56 / .S37 2011
974.7/1