![]() ![]() There’s very little present,” Bernstein told the AP in 2007, when “The Invisible Wall” was published.Īfter her death, “it all came back,” he said. “When you get into your 90s like I am, there’s nowhere else to think except the past. He wrote alone at night, with the memories of his rough childhood spent battling an alcoholic father and anti-Semitism.įor years, Bernstein lived in Brick, N.J., near the shore, but he was staying at his daughter’s home recently. It wasn’t until he was 93, grieving his wife of seven decades, that he produced his first published works. ![]() Along the way, he wrote 40 other works that he destroyed after failing to publish them a few manuscripts have survived. ![]() In 2009, he published his third memoir, “The Golden Willow,” about his married life the title refers to a tree in Central Park under which Harry and his wife, Ruby, consummated their love.īernstein earned a living as an MGM movie script reader and as editor of a construction trade magazine. ![]()
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