An Invisible Thread Crossword Puzzle

The woman who turns around to take Maurice out for lunch
The young boy who was panhandling on the corner of a street in New York
The first place where Maurice and Laura go out to eat
The present Maurice gives Laura for Christimas
The present Maurice gets for his 15th Birthday
The thing Maurice said he wanted when he had a family of his own
The biggest drug Maurice's mom got involved in
Frank's possession that Nunzie cut up
The name of Maurice's father
Maurice's grandmother
Where Laura's dad first worked at nights
Laura's second husband
The place where Maurice first got to visit outside of inner city New York
The present Maurice's Grandmother gives him
The disease Maurice's mother dies of
The team that Maurice and Laura saw play baseball
The place where Laura was working when she first met Maurice
The city where this book takes place
How many years Maurice stops talking to Laura
The second girl Maurice has a child with, who he is still with now
The toy Maurice gets for his first Christmas
Laura's first husband
The year Laura meets Maurice
The thing that connects Laura to Maurice
Laura's first job