num_pages: 466
description: The disastrous 1917 explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, forms the backdrop to this “rich, abundantly humane love story” (Chicago Tribune)-”a powerful piece of work” (Washington Post Book World) that marks an “auspicious fiction debut for an already accomplished author and award-winning journalist” (Chicago Sun-Times).
language: English
title: Burden of Desire
titlecomplete: Burden of Desire
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, World War I, Canadian Literature, Book Club, Canada, Romance, Adult, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 373
publisher: Mariner Books