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Laura's Ashes Perseverance Quotes

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An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Trensniowski is a memoir about Laura's reaction to her close friend Maurice’s toast at her 50th birthday. Laura and Maurice both played a significant role in each other's life as they both influenced and taught each other many things. Laura had helped Maurice as he grew up and Maurice had taught Laura about love and friendship. Throughout Maurice's Toast, he talked about how much Laura had impacted and changed his life. He makes a point of how,” The Lord sent me an angel. and my angel was Laura ”, after talking about his mother dying. This quote is telling the readers how Laura was the person or friend that was there for him at one of his hardest times in life. She was the one who had helped

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