New Releases by Laura Schroff

A Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From New York Times bestselling authors Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski comes the young readers edition of an unbelievable memoir about an unlikely friendship that forever changed the lives of a busy sales executive and a hungry eleven-year-old boy. On one rainy afternoon, on a crowded New York City street corner, eleven-year-old Maurice met Laura. Maurice asked Laura for spare change because he was hungry, and something made Laura stop and ask Maurice if she could take him to lunch. Maurice and Laura went to lunch together, and also bought ice cream cones and played video games. It was the beginning of an unlikely and magical friendship that changed both of their lives forever. An Invisible Thread is the true story of the bond between an eleven-year-old boy and a busy sales executive; a heartwarming journey of hope, kindness, adventure, and love—and the power of fate to help us find our way.

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes a heartwarming book about the huge impact that small acts of kindness from strangers can have on the world around us. One day in 1986, Laura Schroff, a busy ad sales executive, passed a small boy panhandling on the street. She stopped and offered to take him to McDonald''s for lunch. Twenty years later, at Laura''s fiftieth birthday party, Maurice Mayzik gave a toast, thanking Laura for that small act of kindness, which ended up changing the course of his life. In that toast, Maurice said that when Laura stopped on that busy street corner all those years ago, God had sent him an angel. Laura knows better than anyone that angels--divine and otherwise--are all around us. After An Invisible Thread was published and became an international bestseller, people began telling Laura their own stories about how chance encounters with strangers have changed their lives. From a woman who saved a life simply by buying someone a book, to a financier who gave a stranger the greatest gift of all, to a teacher who chose a hug over discipline and changed a lost boy''s future, Angels on Earth is a touching and heartfelt collection of stories about how one seemingly small act of kindness can make a profound difference."--Google Books viewed Sept. 23, 2021.

Nach ihrem Welterfolg "Immer montags beste Freunde" ist Laura Schroff vielen Menschen begegnet, die ebenfalls durch spontane Hilfeleistungen große Wirkung erzielt haben. In dreißig Geschichten erzählt die Bestsellerautorin davon, wie wichtig eine gute Tat in schweren Momenten ist, wie Menschen durch die rettende Hand des anderen ins Leben zurückfinden. "Bevor du weitergehst" knüpft an den Erfolg des ersten Buches an, es widmet sich wieder den universalen Themen wie Freundschaft, Liebe und Hilfsbereitschaft. Diesmal mit spannenden Porträts von unterschiedlichsten Menschen und deren Schicksalen.

Autobiografinis romanas Nematoma gija – įkvepianti, tikrais faktais paremta istorija apie Maurice ir mane. Mes susitikome 1986-aisiais, Manhatene. Buvau 35-erių sėkminga reklamos pardavimų vadovė, o jis – vienuolikmetis benamis berniukas. Tą kartą jis mane sustabdė gatvėje ir paprašė smulkių. Atsakiau, kad neturiu, nusigręžiau ir nuėjau. Bet staiga kažkas privertė mane sustoti, apsisukti ir grįžti pas jį – pakviečiau jį pietų. Nuo tos dienos užsimezgė mūsų draugystė – ištisus keturis metus susitikdavome kiekvieną pirmadienį, o vėliau dar šimtus kartų.Dabar, prabėgus 30 metų, tebesame puikūs draugai.Nematoma gija – tai mūsų pažintis ir draugystė, pakeitusi mūsų gyvenimus amžiams.Laura Schroff – žinoma ir įtakinga reklamos pardavimų vadovė, prisidėjusi prie nacionalinio Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų laikraščio USA Today populiarumo sėkmės. Padėjusi įsikurti tuomet pradedančioms įmonėms, o šiandien puikiai žinomiems verslo pasaulio vardams – InStyle, Teen PEOPLE, PEOPLE StyleWatch.

Eine Frau, die alles hat. Ein Junge, dem alles fehlt. Eine untrennbare Freundschaft. Laura ist eine erfolgreiche Verkaufsleiterin, die an einem normalen Montag durch die Straßen von New York hetzt. Sie hat keine Zeit, achtet kaum auf ihre Mitmenschen – auch nicht auf den kleinen Jungen, der sie um Kleingeld anbettelt. Sie ist schon an der nächsten Straßenecke, als sie plötzlich stehen bleibt – und umkehrt. Sie kauft dem hungrigen Maurice etwas zu essen und erfährt von seinem Leben. Von dem Tag an treffen sich Maurice und Laura jede Woche über Jahre hinweg, immer montags. Dies ist die Geschichte ihrer einzigartigen Freundschaft – die bis heute anhält.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of An Invisible Thread comes the true, heartfelt, and extraordinary story of how one woman’s decision to help a boy on the street changed both of their lives forever. New York Times bestselling author Laura Schroff tells the remarkable story of her lifelong friendship with a boy named Maurice who she met on the street while he was asking for change in her book, An Invisible Thread. Now, in this sweet picture book, Laura retells the first Christmas that she and Maurice spent together. She shares how Maurice gave her a small white bear and, as she later learns, the only thing he had that he could truly call his own—to show her how grateful he was for their friendship. This heartwarming tale captures the true meaning of the holidays and will be one you’ll want to share with your family year after year as a reminder that a gift from the heart is always the best present under the tree.

Un niño en la calle, una ejecutiva de Nueva York y una conmovedora historia real. Una tarde lluviosa, Laura Schroff pasó junto a un niño que mendigaba en una esquina de Nueva York. Siguió caminando, pero algo la hizo detenerse y volver sobre sus pasos. Tras cambiar algunas palabras con el niño, lo invitó a comer en un McDonald#s. Continuó invitándolo durante los cuatro años siguientes. Con el tiempo, las vidas de ambos cambiaron, pero siguieron en contacto. Casi treinta años después, aquel niño, Maurice, está casado y tiene una familia propia. Ahora trabaja para cambiar las vidas de otros niños desvalidos como él. El hilo invisible es el relato de la larga amistad entre una atareada ejecutiva de ventas y un niño de once años queparecía condenado a una vida de pobreza, y de cómo algo que empezó como un simple gesto de amabilidad cambió sus vidas.

Traditional Chinese edition of An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, A Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Laura loopt over straat en ziet een jongen bedelen. Ze loopt hem in eerste instantie voorbij, maar iets in haar maakt dat ze stopt. Ze draait zich om en biedt hem een maaltijd aan. De jongen blijkt uit een gebroken gezin te komen en woont bij zijn aan heroïne-verslaafde moeder. Laura weet hoe het is om in moeilijke omstandigheden op te groeien; haar vader was alcoholist en soms gewelddadig. Na die eerste maandag volgen er nog vele ontmoetingen... een hechte vriendschap is geboren.

"Desculpe, senhora, tem uma moeda que me possa dar?" Quando o ouvi, as palavras foram apenas barulho e passei por ele como se ele não existisse. Mas, alguns passos mais à frente, parei. E então... e ainda hoje não sei muito bem porque o fiz... voltei para trás. Voltei para trás e olhei para ele, e apercebi-me de que era apenas um rapazinho. E foi nesse momento que a vida de Laura mudou para sempre. Com uma carreira de sucesso no USA Today - o maior jornal americano - ela era uma mulher privilegiada mas solitária. O seu passado encerrava segredos dolorosos que a impediam de se sentir realizada e feliz. Quando viu Maurice pela primeira vez, Laura não poderia imaginar quão importante viria a ser na vida daquele menino. Maurice tinha apenas seis anos mas a sua história era já devastadora. Com o corpo e o espírito marcados por anos de abandono e fome, o único mundo que conhecia era o da violência e do caos. Com a sua tenra idade ele já sabia o suficiente para temer pela própria vida. Não rezava, não sabia como, mas pensava: Por favor, não me deixem morrer. E de certo modo, esta era a sua pequena oração. Contra todas as expectativas, Laura seria a resposta à sua prece. Com pequenos gestos de bondade, ela permitiu-lhe ter fé no futuro pela primeira vez. E Maurice retribuiu, ajudando-a a descobrir-se a si própria e à sua capacidade de amar. A amizade entre ambos transformou e enriqueceu as suas vidas. Laura e Maurice são até hoje a prova de que tudo é possível quando abrimos o coração aos outros.

Manhattan, Nova York, 1986. Foi assim que começou essa história no mínimo improvável. Ela, uma diretora comercial bem-sucedida de 35 anos no auge da carreira. Ele, um garotinho negro de onze anos que sobrevivia pedindo esmolas na rua. Cada um seguia sua vida em mundos geograficamente próximos, mas completamente distantes um do outro. Até que algo inexplicável, uma espécie de fio invisível, os une de maneira permanente. E a vida deles – essa vida que, de formas distintas, já parecia tão consolidada e firme tanto para ela quanto para ele – mudará para sempre. Como eles nunca poderiam imaginar.