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Author Schroff, Laura.

Title An 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.

Imprint Nashville, Tenn. : Howard Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  974.71 Sch    ---  Available
Edition 1st Howard Books hardcover ed.
Description xviii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
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.
Source NBK 6/12 PPL
Subject Schroff, Laura.
Mazyck, Maurice.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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.
Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth.
Added Author Tresniowski, Alex.
ISBN 9781451642513
1451642512

 
    
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