By Laura Schroff and Alex Tresiowski
I don't remember the last time I was so moved by a book. It's a true story about a successful business woman in Manhattan, and an 11-year-old panhandler and the development of an incredible and lasting friendship, one that changes both of them. It's not just about the little boy's horrendous life, it weaves back and forth between their story and her childhood with a violent alcoholic father.
I think what got me the most was realizing all the simple things we take for granted, things that invoked awe or silent wonder in the little boy.
Also, there is a fascinating vignette when her mother dies. Another thought-provoking peek into the hereafter. About the time I'm convinced there is no autonomous consciousness after death, I hear or read an experience hinting of something else...
If you want to take a break from the heaviness of the day, this is a wonderful and heartwarming story of possibility.
-- Post From My iPhone
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