Invisible thread, the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny, Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
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Invisible thread, the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny, Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Language
eng
resource.biographical
collective biography
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Invisible thread
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785335526
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Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Sub title
the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
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
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- African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Children and adults -- Case studies
- Schroff, Laura
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Poor children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Sales executives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Women, White -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Mazyck, Maurice
- Friendship -- Case studies
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- Creator1
- Subject9
- African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Children and adults -- Case studies
- Schroff, Laura
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Poor children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Sales executives -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Women, White -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Mazyck, Maurice
- Friendship -- Case studies
- Content1
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