02391cam a2200397 4500 287453343 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 110322s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011009636 9781451642513 1451642512 DLC DLC BTCTA ZGY ORX YDXCP ILC IAD TXA DLC TxAuBib Schroff, Laura. 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. 1st Howard Books hardcover ed. Nashville, Tenn : 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. 20170101. Schroff, Laura. Schroff, Laura. Childhood and youth. 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. Tresniowski, Alex. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011009636-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011009636-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011009636-s.html Sample text