Title: An invisible thread
Description: 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.

Laura Schroff reflects on how she formed a friendship with an 11-year-old New York homeless boy named Maurice and how it changed both their lives. The coauthor is Alex Tresniowski.
Subjects: African American boys, Children and adults, White Women, Poor children, Case studies, Friendship, Sales executives, Biography, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction, Family life, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2013-01-13, New York Times bestseller, African americans, biography, Women, united states, biography, New york (n.y.), biography, Executives, biography, Businesswomen, biography, African americans, new york (state), new york
Places: New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
People: Maurice Mazyck, Laura Schroff