Laura Schroff’s best-selling incredible true story, An Invisible Thread, is a moving account of how her chance encounter 25 years ago with 11 year old Maurice Mazcyk, begging for lunch money, changed both their lives. Mount Saint Dominic Academy and Caldwell College are pleased to present an evening with Ms. Schroff, her co-author Alex Tresniowski, and Maurice on Thursday, April 19, 2012, at 7 pm in Mount Saint Dominic Academy’s Doris M. Byrne Performing Arts Center. The three will sign books following the presentation. Admission is free. Books will be available for purchase that evening. For more information, visit The Mount’s website: www.msdacademy.org or contact the development office at (973) 226-0660.
An Invisible Thread is about an unlikely friendship between a boy from the streets of New York and a busy sales executive, a friendship that was certainly meant to be. “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,” writes Schroff. “Some may call it spirit. Some might call it heart. Whatever it was, it drew me to him, as if we were bound by some invisible, unbreakable thread. And whatever it is, it binds us still.”
Laura Schroff is a former advertising executive who has worked with several major media companies, including Time Inc. and Conde Nast. Born and raised on Long Island, Laura was part of the advertising team that made USA Today a successful national newspaper. Before helping launch three of the most successful start-ups in Time Inc. history—InStyle, Teen People, and People StyleWatch—she was also the New York Division Manager at People magazine. Laura has also been the New York Ad
Manager at Ms. magazine and Associate Publisher at Brides. Laura loves spending time at her condo on Long Island and visiting with her family in New York and Florida. She lives in New York City with her feisty poodle Coco and her newest addition, Emma.
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Alex Tresniowski is a writer living and working in New York City. He has been a senior writer for People magazine since 1998, writing numerous cover stories and focusing on human interest, crime, and sports. He is also the author of six books, including 2005’s The Vendetta, a true crime story that was purchased by Universal Pictures and used as a basis for the 2009 Johnny Depp movie Public Enemies
