ABOUT THE BOOK



Bernard has assembled this collection of life experiences strictly from memory as all of the incidences have obviously been indelibly marked in his brain. He attempts to take you on an abridged disjointed journey featuring highlights of his life as he remembers them, beginning with his untraditional Bar Mitzvah and his numerous adventures in the following sixty four years. Some of the stories are tragic, some serious, and some humorous, but all contributed to making him the person he is today-a sometimes articulate seventy seven year old young puppy, widower, father and grandfather, who has soldiered on through a myriad of arduous circumstances, some of which resulted in laughter, and some sadly in tears, but his tail is still wagging.


Trying not to take himself or life too seriously, he continues to seek laughter.


He recognizes that for many of the stories "you had to be there."


He was!!!............ And now he attempts to "take you there" too.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR



Bernard Shapiro is a graduate of Clark University, AB 57' where he majored in government and international relations. He briefly attended Columbia University Law School, leaving to fulfill his military obligations. He then followed in his father's footsteps and entered the world of fashion jewelry, forming his own company, Les Bernard Inc. in 1963.


Over a twenty five years period from 1971 to 1996 he and his wife Laura logged multiple buying and selling trips to Europe and Asia. In 1974 Les Bernard was the first fashion jewelry company to establish a working relationship with Mainland China and in 1984 Bernard appeared on Good Morning Hong Kong where his fashion jewelry collection was introduced to upscale Pacific Rim retailers.


He currently resides in a 1928 converted carriage house on the North Shore of Long Island.