| An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny Contributor(s): Schroff, Laura (Author), Tresniowski, Alex (Author), Ward, Pam (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1797101161 ISBN-13: 9781797101163 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Family & Relationships | Friendship - Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational |
| Dewey: B |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This inspirational New York Times bestseller chronicles the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness. "A straightforward tale of kindness and paying it forward in 1980s New York....an uplifting reminder that small gestures matter" (Kirkus Reviews).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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schroff, Laura: - Laura Schroff is a former advertising executive who has worked for some of the largest media companies in the United States, including USA Today, Condé Nast, and Time Inc., where she helped to launch InStyle, Teen People, and People StyleWatch. Schroff lives in New York City with her feisty poodle Coco. Ward, Pam: -Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus. Tresniowski, Alex: -Alex Tresniowski is a former human-interest writer at People and has written several books, most notably The Vendetta, which was purchased by Universal Studios and used as a basis for the movie Public Enemies. His most recent book, An Invisible Thread, spent more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. |