The Burden by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie)

 


Synopsis :

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 young 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. For too long she had stayed quietly in the background of her stunning sister. 

Now there was a man that knew that Laura could love as passionately as her beutiful sister - if only she were given the chance. A story of consequences when love turns to obsession….


This is what I say :

This would be the first title that I read in year 2022.  I read it in a sudden act impulsiveness when I saw a copy of this title for sales in a second hand book site and immediately began searching for an online copy and found it almost immediately too.

I was a fan of what Agatha Christie wrote since I was much younger but I never came across this title. Subsequently I realised that it's a title she wrote under a pen name.

Anyway, I read The Burden over the new year weekend.  It was a rather strange and bizarre tale and I can't say I like but but yet at the same time I was rather drawn to it.  There wasn't any twist in the storyline.  There wasn't any crime to investigate although there can be an almost crime.  It's not what I would expect from an Agatha Christie's tale.




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