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"The golden willow was the first tree we had planted when we came here to live, and Ruby and I had good reason for doing that. Only it was a secret that we kept to ourselves." 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.
Strappalacrime???...siiiii! Per le emozioni che questo libro mi ha dato per me sono 5 stelle. Ho pianto dall'inizio fino alla fine...Harry e Ruby rappresentano quello che credo ognuno di noi sogna, arrivare a una veneranda età in buona salute e con una compagna/o accanto, un bellissimo esempio. Lui infinitamente riconoscente verso Ruby e lei silenziosa, mai protagonista ma non per questo meno amorevole verso suo marito... E solo quando si ritrova solo Harry riesce a realizzare il suo grande sogno, ma lui festeggia comunque con lei, anche se a modo suo...Un'immagine tenerissima e straziante nello stesso tempo.. Il segreto del loro grande amore, secondo me, sta nell'infanzia difficile di entrambi e proprio per questo infinitamente riconoscenti nell'essersi trovati.. Il libro finisce cosi: "Ciò che abbiamo amato profondamente e ci ha reso felici non potremo mai perderlo, perchè tutto quello che amiamo profondamente entra a far parte di noi." ( )
"The golden willow was the first tree we had planted when we came here to live, and Ruby and I had good reason for doing that. Only it was a secret that we kept to ourselves." 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.
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Per le emozioni che questo libro mi ha dato per me sono 5 stelle.
Ho pianto dall'inizio fino alla fine...Harry e Ruby rappresentano quello che credo ognuno di noi sogna, arrivare a una veneranda età in buona salute e con una compagna/o accanto, un bellissimo esempio.
Lui infinitamente riconoscente verso Ruby e lei silenziosa, mai protagonista ma non per questo meno amorevole verso suo marito...
E solo quando si ritrova solo Harry riesce a realizzare il suo grande sogno, ma lui festeggia comunque con lei, anche se a modo suo...Un'immagine tenerissima e straziante nello stesso tempo..
Il segreto del loro grande amore, secondo me, sta nell'infanzia difficile di entrambi e proprio
per questo infinitamente riconoscenti nell'essersi trovati..
Il libro finisce cosi:
"Ciò che abbiamo amato profondamente e ci ha reso felici non potremo mai perderlo,
perchè tutto quello che amiamo profondamente entra a far parte di noi." (