An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

by Schroff, Laura
ISBN: 9781451642513
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This 10th anniversary edition of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller includes a new introduction and afterword by the author. Chronicling the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy that began with one small gesture of kindness, this is a "ray of hope for a better future, as well as an assurance that love is a stronger force than injustice and inequality" (Sybrina Fulton, mother of Travyon Martin and coauthor of Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin).

Stopping was never part of the plan...

She was a successful ad sales rep in Manhattan. He was a homeless, eleven-year-old panhandler on the street. He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But then something stopped her in her tracks, and she went back. And she continued to go back, again and again. They met up nearly every week for years and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.

Whatever made me notice him on that street corner so many years ago is clearly something that cannot be extinguished, no matter how relentless the forces aligned against it. Some may call it spirit. Some may call it heart. It drew me to him, as if we were bound by some invisible, unbreakable thread. And whatever it is, it binds us still.​

Now with new material that brings the life-changing story up to date for its tenth anniversary, An Invisible Thread is "a book capable of restoring our faith in each other and in the very idea that maybe everything is going to be okay after all" (Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Pay It Forward).

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Schroff, Laura
  • ISBN: 9781451642513
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 1.06
  • Number Of Pages: 272
  • Publication Year: 2011

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  • My #SummerReading Pick for 2020!

    Lizzie M. - 5 years 10 months ago

    An Invisible Thread is my top #SummerReading pick for 2020! My heart melted with the tale of Schroff and Maurice’s lives intertwining, and how they saw family in one another. This special bond is enough to warm any cold soul and I promise, the end will leave you crying. I especially loved the inclusion of photos within the memoir — I was able to put a face to the name of every person. Just simply amazing. I’d recommend to ANYONE, especially in these times where we need a bit of hope.