The Invisible Wall

[An] affecting debut ... the nonagenarian gives voice to a childhood version of himself who witnesses his older sister's love for a Christian boy break down the invisible wall that kept Jewish families from Christians across the street. Yet when major world events touch the poverty-stricken block, the individual coming-of-age is intensified without being trivialized, and the conversational account takes on the heft of a historical novel with stirring success.

Publishers Weekly

An exceptional book

Guardian

A superb story ... A delightful, fascinating read which held me spell-bound throughout.

Billy Hopkins, author of Our Kid

A remarkable memoir ... vivid, compassionate and notably unsentimental

Times Literary Supplement

A compelling narrative of childhood survival ... the tale has a freshness, a vitality and a relentless energy ... extraordinarily powerful. The Invisible Wall is a triumph of the human spirit over multi-faceted adversity.

Daily Mail

Extraordinary ... spare, uncomplicated, and terribly vivid for it

Independent

[A] heart-wrenching memoir ... the setting, beautifully rendered, recalls early DH Lawrence. It is a world of pain and prejudice, evoked in spare, restrained prose that brilliantly illuminates a time, a place and a family struggling valiantly to beat impossible odds. As an emotional experience and a vivid retelling of the author's past, it exerts uncommon power.

New York Times

A fascinating, poignant story ... which leaves one with a sense of hope

William Woodruff, author of The Road to Nab End