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Author:

Schroff, Laura.

Title:

An invisible thread [text (large print)]: the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny / Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski.

Format:

[text (large print)]:

Edition:

Large print ed.

Publisher:

Gale Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

361 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Schroff, Laura.
Mazyck, Maurice.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
Children and adults--Case studies.
Friendship--Case studies.
African American boys--New York--New York--Biography.
Poor children--New York--New York--Biography.
Women, White--New York--New York--Biography.
Sales executives--New York--New York--Biography.
Schroff, Laura--Childhood and youth.
Large type books.

Other Authors:

Tresniowski, Alex.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1594135479
9781594135477

Locations:

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)