{"product_id":"the-invisible-wall-paperback-by-harry-bernstein","title":"The Invisible Wall Paperback by Harry Bernstein","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBallantine Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2008-02-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e352\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780345496102\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e262.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.34 x 2.03\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis wonderfully charming memoir, written when the author was 93, vibrantly brings to life an all-but-forgotten time and place. It is a moving tale of working-class life, and of the boundaries that can be overcome by love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There are places that I have never forgotten. A little cobbled street in a smoky  mill town in the North of England has haunted me for the greater part of my life.  It was inevitable that I should write about it and the people who lived on both sides  of its ‘Invisible Wall.’ ”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The narrow street where Harry Bernstein grew up, in a  small English mill town, was seemingly unremarkable. It was identical to countless  other streets in countless other working-class neighborhoods of the early 1900s,  except for the “invisible wall” that ran down its center, dividing Jewish families  on one side from Christian families on the other. Only a few feet of cobblestones  separated Jews from Gentiles, but socially, it they were miles apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the eve  of World War I, Harry’s family struggles to make ends meet. His father earns little  money at the Jewish tailoring shop and brings home even less, preferring to spend  his wages drinking and gambling. Harry’s mother, devoted to her children and fiercely  resilient, survives on her dreams: new shoes that might secure Harry’s admission  to a fancy school; that her daughter might marry the local rabbi; that the entire  family might one day be whisked off to the paradise of America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Then Harry’s older  sister, Lily, does the unthinkable: She falls in love with Arthur, a Christian boy  from across the street. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Harry unwittingly discovers their secret affair, he  must choose between the morals he’s been taught all his life, his loyalty to his  selfless mother, and what he knows to be true in his own heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eNinety-six-year-old \u003cb\u003eHarry Bernstein\u003c\/b\u003e emigrated to the United States with his family  after World War I. He has written all his life but started writing \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible  Wall \u003c\/i\u003eonly after the death of his wife, Ruby. He has been published in “My Turn” in  \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. Bernstein lives in Brick, New Jersey, where he is working on another book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552832114849,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780345496102","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780345496102.jpg?v=1781717200","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-invisible-wall-paperback-by-harry-bernstein","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}