The last surviving member of a community destroyed by AIDS shoulders the terrible burden of remembering his dead friends... who rise up in anger when he shirks that duty. This story " captures that fear and that crushing sense of loss permeating a disease-stricken community to (literal) haunting eff
The Burden
β Scribed by Agatha Christie
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers;HarperCollinsPublishers
- Year
- 2017;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Edition
- EPub edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A superb novel of possessive love. Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her with all her strength and love. While Shirley longs for freedom and romance, Laura has to learn that loving can never be a one-sided affair, and the burden of her love for her sister has a dramatic effect on both their lives. A story of consequences when love turns to obsessionΓ’β¬Β¦ Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.
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