An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
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Book Overview
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. 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1451648979
ISBN13:9781451648973
Release Date:August 2012
Publisher:Howard Books
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
6 ratings
Amazing Story!!
Published by KrisH , 7 months ago
I have recommended and loaned this book to people many times and it's a story that has truly left an indelible mark on my soul. I highly recommend reading this book!
Inspiring
Published by Lovebooks , 1 year ago
Inspiring
A moving story.
Published by Ann , 2 years ago
What a wonderful and emotional story. A must read!
A 2022 must read
Published by Steve Hill , 3 years ago
A must to read and experience not the life of a panhandler but how someone like you and I experience personal change once we let a panhandler into our lives, challenge ourselves in 2022, and make a real difference in someone’s life.
Borrowed immediately :-)
Published by Wendy , 5 years ago
Unfortunately I have not read this yet. I heard about it and was anxious to read it. Shortly after arriving, my in-laws came to visit and my mother-in-law started reading it and asked if she could take it with when they left so she could finish it. She absolutely loved it! I had planned on lending it out to others when I had finished. I guess I just got a headstart on it lol!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 9 years ago
Inspiring story. Uplifting example of caring between 2 people who might never have met due to their different places in society.
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