Harry Bernsteins' childhood in the industrial north of England in the shadow of the First World War is one of hardship & hostility. 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 the local rabbi; that one day they might all escape this grinding poverty for the paradise of America. The Invisible Wall" is a wonderfully vivid portrait of a lost world
- a story of working class life & the daily struggle to make ends meet of young Harry's growing awareness of social divides & divided loyalties & his fears for his adored elder sister Lily who is risking all by pursuing a forbidden love..."