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02847aim a22004935a 4500 001 0B5437B6C93111E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2011 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 $a 1452625875 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9781452625874 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT10756179 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 974.7/1 $2 23 100 1 $a Tresniowski, Alex. 245 13 $a An invisible thread : $b the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny $h [electronic resource] / $c Alex Tresniowski, Laura L. Schroff. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b Tantor Audio, $c 2011. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (420 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 $a Read by Pam Ward. 520 $a When Laura Schroff brushed by a young panhandler on a New York City corner one rainy afternoon, something made her stop and turn back. She took the boy to lunch at the McDonald's across the street that day. And she continued to go back, again and again for the next four years until both of their lives had changed dramatically. Nearly thirty years later, that young boy Maurice has gotten married and has his own children. Now he works to change the lives of disadvantaged kids, just like the boy he used to be.An Invisible Thread is the true story of the bond between a harried sales executive and an eleven-year-old boy who seemed destined for a life of poverty. It is the heartwarming story of a friendship that has spanned three decades and brought meaning to an over-scheduled professional and hope to a hungry and desperate boy living on the streets. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 $a Schroff, Laura. 600 10 $a Mazyck, Maurice. 600 10 $a Schroff, Laura $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Children and adults $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Friendship $v Case studies. 650 0 $a African American boys $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poor children $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women, White $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Sales executives $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Biography. 700 1 $a Schroff, Laura. 700 1 $a Ward, Pam. $4 nrt 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10756179 $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9781452625874_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006115706.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B5437B6C93111E88539171297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search