Schroff, Laura <br/><br/>
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. 
 - First Howard Books trade paperback edition. 
 - xviii, 238 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes reader's guide. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / by Valerie Salembier -- 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451648973 (pbk.) 1451648979 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>02-001458 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Schroff, Laura.<br/>Mazyck, Maurice.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children and adults--Case studies.<br/>Friendship--Case studies.<br/>African American boys--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Poor children--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Women, White--New York (State)--New York--Biography.<br/>Sales executives--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Case studies.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.71 S381I