An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowki

          The Invisible Thread is a true story.  It reveals the profound change that the bond of friendship has on two individuals.
          It is New York; it is 1986.  Laura, a successful white young woman is a lonely individual.  One day she makes a decision that some of us toy with for a moment or two.  Maurice, a young African American boy without dreams, meets Laura one day on the corner of a busy New York street.  They both feel the risk, but follow their hearts and take a chance on spirit. 
          Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski weave language in its simplicity to reveal the most complex of human emotions.  As the reader follows the stories of Laura and Maurice, it becomes obvious that the outward material trappings of humans do not reveal what lies in the hearts.
          For Laura...  "All we knew was that once my father's rages had started, they could not be stopped.  Most nights we'd be in bed when he arrived at midnight or later.  We'd listen for the telltale sounds - the way he slammed the front door or the clinking of the ice in a glass in the kitchen..... Sometimes it would just start."
          For Maurice... "  As she injected, she'd say, "Oh, that's good," and her head would tilt back.  She would hum a tune and wave her hand through the air to the melody, and she would drift, drift, drift away until there was no pain at all.  For Maurice, these were the best moments - when his mother found her peace.  It was moments that came before it, when she was fidgety, angry, hopelessly restless, that upset Maurice ......"
         Laura lives on Broadway in a trendy studio; Maurice Lives two blocks away in a welfare hotel.  Their paths cross; their lives change as they recognize something similar in each other.  They form a relationship and the friendship helps them sort through their pain and, over time, they accompany each other on a path of hope, beauty, and family.