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The narrow street where Harry Bernstein grew up, in a small English mill town, 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. 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...
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During the hard and bitter years of his youth in England, Harry Bernstein's selfless mother struggles to keep her six children fed and clothed, and never stops dreaming of a better life in America. When Harry was twelve years old, a new life, full of promise of prosperity, seems possible as the family sets sail for America. With a compelling cast and evocative settings, Harry Berstein's extraordinary account of his hardscrabble youth in Depression-era...
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