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A lifetime of memories...
“The Invisible Wall,” and companion volumes “The Dream” and “The Golden Willow,” were written by late blooming author Harry Bernstein when in his nineties. These three memoirs alternate between Bernstein’s recollections of his fulfilling 67 year marriage to Ruby, and his memories of his childhood growing up in a working class neighborhood in industrial northern England, and as an immigrant in Chicago and New York City. Bernstein vividly captures the time and place of his youth, his family and personal struggles through the Depression and World War II, the isolation and challenges of being Jewish in a segregated society, the surprises and difficulties of immigrant life, and the joy of his life with Ruby. In “The Golden Willow” Bernstein reflects on his lifelong dream of being a writer, and shares his thoughts and feelings about his wife’s death and the impending end of his own life. These books paint a picture of a time long past, and will resonate for the reader through anecdotes that are filled with inspiration, love, people’s foibles and goodness, and the meaning of a life lived. Written by Harry Bernstein, 2007. Other work includes: “The Dream” 2008, “Golden Willow” 2009. These titles are located on the second floor in the biography collection (92 Bernstein). “The Invisible Wall” is also available through MVLC in Large Print format and as an Audio Book on CD. A
