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good story but poorly written. often seemed disjointed. the timeline was a little confusing. The sections dealing with Maurice's life were not easy to believe because being told from Laura's point of view there was no authority established as to the fact. I am certain that it was all true and probably more difficult for Maurice than what was shown but wish that it had been written from Maurice's point of view. If he had been more directly involved in the writing then maybe that would have been s
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When advertising executive Schroff answered a child’s request for spare change by inviting him for lunch, she did not expect the encounter to grow into a friendship that would endure into his adulthood. The author recounts how she and Maurice, a promising boy from a drug-addicted family, learned to trust each other. Schroff acknowledges risks—including the possibility of her actions being misconstrued and the tension of crossing socio-economic divides—but does not dwell on the complexities of ho
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