You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
klboehm 's review for:
An Invisible Thread
by Alex Tresniowski, Valerie Salembier, Laura Schroff
A female executive in Manhattan befriends an 11-year-old black boy who panhandles for food money. They developed a trusting friendship week after week, over many years, meeting for dinner on Monday evenings, and eventually spending holidays together with her sister’s family. Laura introduces Maurice to his first baseball game, his first real Christmas gift, his first family Thanksgiving, and buys him his first bicycle. She shows him table manners, purchases clothing and other necessities for him, makes him lunch, and gives him small amounts of cash.
Maurice lives in the projects, in a series of filthy apartments with a drug addicted mother who is frequently incarcerated, an abusive father, several siblings, his grandmother, and a handful of drug-dealing uncles.
Laura was raised by an alcoholic father in a fearful and dysfunctional household. Laura’s stories include graphic descriptions of the horrors that her father created toward her mother, herself and her siblings. Her upbringing gives her insight and empathy toward Maurice’s struggles.
Laura’s positive influence and consistent presence showed Maurice a better way of life, though, and helped him to make better choices as he grew into manhood.
Due to the dark tone of the book, it’s not a feel-good story, but it was heartwarming to read about one person making a difference in one young man’s life.
Maurice lives in the projects, in a series of filthy apartments with a drug addicted mother who is frequently incarcerated, an abusive father, several siblings, his grandmother, and a handful of drug-dealing uncles.
Laura was raised by an alcoholic father in a fearful and dysfunctional household. Laura’s stories include graphic descriptions of the horrors that her father created toward her mother, herself and her siblings. Her upbringing gives her insight and empathy toward Maurice’s struggles.
Laura’s positive influence and consistent presence showed Maurice a better way of life, though, and helped him to make better choices as he grew into manhood.
Due to the dark tone of the book, it’s not a feel-good story, but it was heartwarming to read about one person making a difference in one young man’s life.