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EAN: 9780099504283
Format: Paperback
Published: 1 Nov 2007
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Synopsis
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…
What the critics say
An exceptional book
- Guardian
A compelling narrative of childhood survival ... the tale has a freshness, a vitality and a relentless energy ... extraordinarily powerful. The Invisible Wall is a triumph of the human spirit over multi-faceted adversity.
- Daily Mail
Extraordinary ... spare, uncomplicated, and terribly vivid for it
- Independent
[A] heart-wrenching memoir … the setting, beautifully rendered, recalls early DH Lawrence. It is a world of pain and prejudice, evoked in spare, restrained prose that brilliantly illuminates a time, a place and a family struggling valiantly to beat impossible odds. As an emotional experience and a vivid retelling of the author’s past, it exerts uncommon power.
- New York Times
A remarkable memoir ... vivid, compassionate and notably unsentimental
- Times Literary Supplement