Harry Bernstein





Harry Bernstein

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born
May 30, 1910 in Stockport, England, The United Kingdom

died
June 03, 2011

gender
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Harry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer whose first published book, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, dealt with his abusive, alcoholic father, the anti-Semitism he encountered growing up in a Lancashire mill town (Stockport - now part of Greater Manchester) in northwest England, and the Romeo and Juliet-like romance experienced by his sister and her Christian boyfriend. The book was started when Bernstein was 93 and published in 2007, when he was 96. The loneliness he encountered following the death of his wife, Ruby, in 2002, after 67 years of marriage, was the catalyst for Bernstein to begin work on his book. His second book, The Dream, published in 2008, centered on his family’s move to the United St...more


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The Invisible Wall: A Love ...
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The Dream: A Memoir
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Il Sogno Infinito
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More books by Harry Bernstein…
“We're not very different from one another, not different at all in fact. We're all just people with the same needs, the same desires, the same feelings. It's a lie about us being different.”
Harry Bernstein, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers

“A sense of peace came over me and I must have been smiling as I fell asleep.”
Harry Bernstein, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers

“What wonderful things dreams are! They can make you be anything you want and take you anyplace in the world.”
Harry Bernstein, The Golden Willow: The Story of a Lifetime of Love

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