The Resource 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
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
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Howard Books hardcover ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 238 p.
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781451642513
- Label
- An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
- Title
- An invisible thread
- Title remainder
- the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
- Subject
-
- Sales executives -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Mazyck, Maurice.
- Women, White -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Children and adults -- Case studies.
- Mazyck, Maurice
- Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth.
- Schroff, Laura
- Poor children -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Schroff, Laura.
- African American boys -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
- Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth
- Friendship -- Case studies.
- Language
- eng
- 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
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- Title
- An invisible thread
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10034483
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 974.7/1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F128.56
- LC item number
- .S37 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
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- the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
- Label
- 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
- Related Authorities
-
- Family and Relationships
- Sales executives
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Childhood and youth.
- Women, White
- Schroff, Laura.
- Compassion
- European American women
- Businesspeople
- Poor children
- Biography.
- New York (N.Y.)
- Eleven-year-old boys
- New York City
- New York (State)
- Relationships
- Children and adults
- New York
- Schroff, Laura
- Friendship
- African American boys
- Case studies.
- Life stories
- Mazyck, Maurice.
- Related Subjects
-
- Sales executives -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Mazyck, Maurice.
- New York City
- Poor children
- Women, White -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Children and adults -- Case studies.
- Businesspeople
- Children and adults
- Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth.
- Family and Relationships -- Friendship
- European American women
- African American boys
- Compassion
- Life stories -- Relationships | Friendship
- Sales executives
- Poor children -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Schroff, Laura.
- African American boys -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Friendship
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
- Eleven-year-old boys
- Friendship -- Case studies.
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- 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
- Control code
- ocn709673223
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
- http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=EBSDVR53400&Password=CC19341&Return=1&Type=M&Value=9781451642513&erroroverride=1
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
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- Edition
- 1st Howard Books hardcover ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 238 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451642513
- Lccn
- 2011009636
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- African American boys -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Children and adults -- Case studies.
- Friendship -- Case studies.
- Mazyck, Maurice
- Mazyck, Maurice.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
- Poor children -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Sales executives -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- Schroff, Laura
- Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth
- Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth.
- Schroff, Laura.
- Women, White -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography.
- African American boys
- Autobiographies and memoirs
- Businesspeople
- Children and adults
- Compassion
- Eleven-year-old boys
- European American women
- Family and Relationships -- Friendship
- Friendship
- Life stories -- Relationships | Friendship
- New York City
- Poor children
- Sales executives
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