Billerica Public Library

Angels on Earth, inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connections, Laura Schroff, and Alex Tresniowski

eng

collective biography

no index present

non fiction

Angels on Earth

951505548

Laura Schroff, and Alex Tresniowski

inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connections

"From the #1 New York Times and international bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming and inspiring book about the incredible impact that acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed an eleven-year-old boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald's for lunch. Twenty years later, at Laura's fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mazyck gave a toast, thanking Laura for her act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura's invisible thread journey has deepened her belief that angels--divine and otherwise--are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published in 2011, readers from around the country and world began sharing with Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives. From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy's future--Angels on Earth will introduce a series of remarkable people whose invisible thread stories will move, surprise, and inspire readers. Angels on Earth sheds light on how each of us can live happier, more purposeful lives through sharing acts of kindness"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction -- Part One: Kindness -- The Hug -- The Garage Door -- The Wallet -- Part Two: Yesness -- The Snowstorm -- The Knock -- The Bookstore -- The Mitzvah -- Part Three: Outwardness -- The Donor -- The Twenty-five Tacos -- The Six Cups of Coffee -- The Sweater -- The Helper's High -- Part Four: Awareness -- The Friendship -- The First Word -- The Hurricane -- The Twins -- The Tug -- Part Five: Uniqueness -- The Advance -- The Five -- The Babysitter -- The Bargain -- Part Six: Clearness -- The Facilitator -- The Purpose -- The Garden -- The Warning -- The Rabbit -- The Sunburn -- Part Seven: Connectedness -- The Child -- The Rainbow -- Epilogue

Inspiring stories of fate, friendship, and the power of connection