The Invisible Wall
Author: Bernstein, Harry
ISBN: 9780099504283
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jan 2008
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
An extraordinary portrait of a lost world - powerful, moving and utterly unforgettable...
Harry Bernstein was born into a world of hardship and suffering in a northern mill town, in the shadow of the First World War.
His brutish father spends what little he earns at the tailoring shop on drink, while his devoted mother survives on her dreams - that new shoes might secure Harry's admission to a fancy school, that her daughter might marry well, and that one day they might all escape this grinding poverty for the paradise of America.
But as the years go by, life for the Bernsteins on their narrow cobbled street remains a daily struggle to make ends meet. For young Harry though, most distressing are his fears for his adored elder sister Lily, who is risking all by pursuing a forbidden love...
ISBN: 9780099504283
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jan 2008
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
An extraordinary portrait of a lost world - powerful, moving and utterly unforgettable...
Harry Bernstein was born into a world of hardship and suffering in a northern mill town, in the shadow of the First World War.
His brutish father spends what little he earns at the tailoring shop on drink, while his devoted mother survives on her dreams - that new shoes might secure Harry's admission to a fancy school, that her daughter might marry well, and that one day they might all escape this grinding poverty for the paradise of America.
But as the years go by, life for the Bernsteins on their narrow cobbled street remains a daily struggle to make ends meet. For young Harry though, most distressing are his fears for his adored elder sister Lily, who is risking all by pursuing a forbidden love...
