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“Mr. Bernstein’s success in writing may have come late in life, but his success in life began in 1935, the moment he met Ruby. The Golden Willow is a loving tribute to her. For those of us who fear old age, Mr. Bernstein’s memoir reminds us that even growing old has its own rewards. Writing this book is one of them. So is reading it.”—Jane Juska, author of Unaccompanied Women and A Round-Heeled Woman

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Harry Bernstein started chronicling his life at the age ofninety-four, after the death of his beloved wife, Ruby. In hisfirst book, The Invisible Wall, he told a haunting story offorbidden love in World War I-era England. Then Bernstein wroteThe Dream, the touching tale of his family’s immigrantexperience in Depression-era Chicago and New York. Now Bernsteincompletes the saga with The Golden Willow, a heart-liftingmemoir of his life with Ruby, a romance that lasted nearly seventyyears.

They met at a dance at New York’s legendary Webster Hall, fellinstantly and madly in love, and embarked on a rich and rewardinglife together. From their first tiny rented room on the Upper WestSide to their years in Greenwich Village, immersed in the artscene, surrounded by dancers, musicians, and writers, to their lifein the newly burgeoning suburbs, Harry and Ruby pursued theAmerican dream with gusto, much as Harry’s late mother would havewanted.

<div>Harry Bernstein started chronicling his life at the age of
ninety-four, after the death of his beloved wife, Ruby. In his
first book, The Invisible Wall, he told a haunting story of
forbidden love in World War I-era England. Then Bernstein wrote
The Dream, the touching tale of his family’s immigrant
experience in Depression-era Chicago and New York. Now Bernstein
completes the saga with The Golden Willow, a heart-lifting
memoir of his life with Ruby, a romance that lasted nearly seventy
years. 
 
They met at a dance at New York’s legendary Webster Hall, fell
instantly and madly in love, and embarked on a rich and rewarding
life together. From their first tiny rented room on the Upper West
Side to their years in Greenwich Village, immersed in the art
scene, surrounded by dancers, musicians, and writers, to their life
in the newly burgeoning suburbs, Harry and Ruby pursued the
American dream with gusto, much as Harry’s late mother would have
wanted. 
 
Together, through a depression, a world war, and the McCarthy era,
through job losses and race riots and the joyous births of their
two children, Harry and Ruby weathered much and shared an
incredible love. But then the inevitable happened. One of them had
to go first. When Ruby was ninety-one, she contracted leukemia and
died. Alone for the first time in his life, Harry felt the loss
acutely and terribly, and for a long while, despite continued good
health, he was uncertain about whether he could go on without Ruby.
It was then that he turned to the past for solace–and ended up
fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a published author. 
 
Delightful and hopeful, tender and moving, The Golden Willow is
Harry’s tribute to his beloved Ruby, to their long, happy life
together, to the impact her parting had on his heart and his soul,
and to the surprises and unexpected pleasures that continue to
await him.</div>

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