NONFICTION:  The narrow street, on which Harry Bernstein grew up, in a northern English mill town, was seemingly unremarkable. It appeared identical to countless other working class neighborhoods, except for the invisible wall that ran down the center of the street, dividing the Jewish families on one side from the Christians on the other. The geographical distance may have been yards but socially, it was miles. Families on opposite sides did not speak or meet.


When Harry’s older sister fell for the boy across the street, though, Harry became a go-between for the lovers, crossing the great divide, hiding their secret. It was inevitable that the truth would come out, and at a very young age, Harry had to decide what he believed was moral and right. The Invisible Wall is a wonderfully charming and moving tale of working class life, social divide, and forbidden love on the eve of the First World War.