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 enlarge | Author: Harry Bernstein
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 5401
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0345496108
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345496102
ASIN: 0345496108
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Sentimental and Obvious October 18, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although this memoir has an exciting story to tell, the writing is so poor, I had to force myself to finish it. The beginning is suppose to be written from the point of view of a 4 year old, but in fact the author's voice is the same throughout the novel.
A gimic I didn't like was the author'z way of planting hints of what's going to happen. When Lilly has trouble breathing and has pains, you know she's going to die young of heart problems.
I read the book in large print and thought this was a book for adolescents since it is very moralistic, and black and white. But perhaps adolescents will not like it either.
 A "slice of life" book August 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My sister and mother raved about this book, so I finally decided to read it and boy, what a wonderful slice of life book that let's me get a real glimpse of poverty stricken family life in England in the early 1900's. I live close to Mr. Bernstein (down at the Jersey shore) and I hope that I will be able to meet him if he does a lecture locally. Please read this and also "The Dream". We think that THOSE were the "good old days", but really, for many people, they were tough times. Thank you Harry Bernstein for 2 wonderful books.
Brilliant!! July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book really evokes a time and place. The author eloquently transports the reader to a neighborhood full of memorable characters in Lancashire circa pre WWI. It will anger you, make you laugh, make you cry. It is a very powerful book.
Beautiful and moving. . . July 16, 2008
This was a very beautifully told memoir with a surprising amount of detail and description. It was as much a story of the life Harry and his family lived as it was the love story between his sister and the non-Jewish boyfriend she loved. Lovely.
Best book I've read this year. July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really beautiful book. It's so remarkable that the author at what may be considered an advanced age can recreate the atmosphere of England in the early 1900s. Not since "how Green Is My Valley" have I become so immersed in a memoir. The portrait of his mother is lovingly done and your heart aches for her as she struggles. Be sure to follow it up with his sequel, "The Dream" as it, too, is so compelling. May Mr. Bernstein live many more years and continue writing.
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