- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407059778
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
The Invisible Wall
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407059778
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
A superb story ... A delightful, fascinating read which held me spell-bound throughout.
Billy Hopkins, author of Our Kid
A fascinating, poignant story ... which leaves one with a sense of hope
William Woodruff, author of The Road to Nab End
[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 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 remarkable memoir ... vivid, compassionate and notably unsentimental
Times Literary Supplement