An Invisible Thread is the inspiring true story of Maurice and me. We met on 56th street in Manhattan in 1986, when I was a 35-year-old single, successful ad sales executive, and he was an 11-year ...

Laura wrote the book An Invisible Thread about her unlikely friendship with Maurice. Their real-life tale takes place in New York City beginning in 1986. Maurice was an 11-year-old panhandler.

A single act of kindness crossed racial, socio-economic, gender and generational lines---and reverberated for decades.

An Invisible Thread Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski. Howard, $25 (288p) ISBN 9781451642513.