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The Invisible Wall: a love story that broke barriers by Harry Bernstein

If you loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or Angela’s Ashes, I recommend The Invisible Wall: a love story that broke barriers by Harry Bernstein.  It’s the story of a young boy making his way in a poor, hard neighborhood at the dawn of and during World War I.  The intriguing thing about the street he grew up on was one side of the street is Jewish and the other Christian.  Mr. Bernstein centers his story on how the neighbors have prejudices against each other but also come together at some of the best and worst times of their lives.  A really interesting fact about this tale, Mr. Bernstein wrote this book at the age of 92.