An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny
AUTHOR:
Schroff, Laura.
Tresniowski, Alex.
ISBN:
9781451648973
EDITION:
1st Howard Books trade pbk. ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Howard Books, 2012.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xviii, 252 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
ABSTRACT:
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:
| Children and adults -- Case studies. |
| Friendship -- Case studies. |
| African American boys -- New York -- Biography. |
| Poor children -- New York -- Biography. |
| Women, White -- New York -- Biography. |
| Sales executives -- New York -- Biography. |
| Schroff, Laura. |
| Mazyck, Maurice. |
| Schroff, Laura -- Childhood and youth. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.