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Author Schroff, Laura.

Title 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.

Publication Info. New York : Howard Books, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY SCHROFF    DUE 04-17-24
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO SCHROFF    Missing
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY SCHROFF    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B SCHROFF    In Transit
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B SCHROFF    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974.71 SCH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SCHROFF    On Holdshelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SCHROFF c.2  Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B SCHROFF, LAURA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  B SCHROFF, LAURA    Check Shelf

Edition First Howard Books hardcover edition.
Description xviii, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Subject Schroff, Laura.
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.
Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth.
Added Author Tresniowski, Alex.
ISBN 9781451642513
1451642512
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