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      Burden of Desire

      by Robert MacNeil
      Published
      Mar 1993
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      576
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      Burden of Desire centres on the love triangle between bohemian Halifax south-end belle Julia Robertson, Dalhousie professor Stewart MacPherson, and young Anglican minister Peter Wentworth.

      Julia keeps a diary detailing her sexual fantasies, which she has with her at the moment of the blast that was the Halifax Explosion. She hides her diary in her coat, which is subsequently donated to a clothing drive for the individuals from the north end of the city who've lost everything in the explosion. Peter discovers the diary and becomes fixated on its author, enlisting the help of his friend Stewart to find her.

      Burden of Desire explores the repression and expression of sexual desire at the time of the First World War. It also offers a compelling fictional account of the impact on Halifax society of the Halifax Explosion.

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      Genres

      General Fiction

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      Historical

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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      First Edition Mar 1993 Dell ISBN13 9780440215097 ISBN10 0440215099
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      Mar 1997 Seal Books ISBN13 9780770427399 ISBN10 0770427391
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      Oct 1998 Harvest ISBN13 9780156006095 ISBN10 015600609X
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      Apr 2014 Formac Publishing Company Limited ISBN13 9781459503106 ISBN10 1459503104
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      Feb 1992 Nan A. Talese ISBN13 9780385420198 ISBN10 0385420196
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      Mar 2014 Formac ISBN10 B00JKO3BW6
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      Apr 2014 Formac Publishing Company, Limited ISBN13 9781459503168 ISBN10 1459503163
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      Mar 1996 Wheeler ISBN13 9781568953038 ISBN10 1568953038
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