Burden of desire

After the 1916 explosion that devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, Peter Wentworth finds a diary among the rubble containing the confessions of a young woman and becomes obsessed with finding its owner.

Main Author: MacNeil, Robert, 1931-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1998.
Edition: 1st Harvest ed.
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Summary: After the 1916 explosion that devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, Peter Wentworth finds a diary among the rubble containing the confessions of a young woman and becomes obsessed with finding its owner.
Physical Description: 466 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 015600609X
9780156006095
Author Notes: ROBERT MacNEIL was the coanchor of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour until his retirement in 1995. He has written two volumes of memoirs and three novels. MacNeil grew up in Nova Scotia, the setting for his bestselling memoir Wordstruck. He now divides his time between Halifax and New York City.