<![CDATA[The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers]]>

false <![CDATA[The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174669251m/428223.jpg 428223 16 “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.’ ” 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. 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. Then Harry’s older sister, Lily, does the unthinkable: She falls in love with Arthur, a Christian boy from across the street. 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. A wonderfully charming memoir written when the author was ninety-three, The Invisible Wall 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. 2989134 20 3 2007 The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers total:1295|5:336|4:655|3:264|2:35|1:6| 1295 5165 2294 408 5 5 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 17:10:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 15:38:56 -0700 2008
Phew--what a great book. I haven't been that engrossed in - I don't know how long!

If I grew up with a such a bastard of a father, and bitch of a sister (I hate you Rose), I would have...I don't know what I would have done--but it wouldn't have been pretty.
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I actually felt like crying for Lily. You can't help who you fall in love with, and she was cast out of her family for deciding to follow her heart and marry Arthur, the good, kind and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 07:35:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 04:14:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:08:40 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 17:09:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:44:56 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 11:58:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 23 08:02:40 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 15:26:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 07:45:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:49:38 -0800 2009 1 This was a nonfiction book about a young jewish boys childhood. His life on a little street in England. How one s...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat May 30 11:52:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:56:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 21 17:02:05 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 20:28:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 06 07:23:30 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 04:36:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:49:32 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 01:04:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:39:42 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 15:45:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 15:38:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 15:52:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 05:17:50 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 05:26:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 06 03:40:11 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 06:04:57 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:13:57 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 06:15:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=428223