I would definately recommend The Burden as a good novella. while STILL resolving a seed that Christi. That part then ends bringing happiness to him. sorry!) and is an exploration of his life and his facination with a girl who lives on an island (who turns out to be Shirley). Then part three centers around a guy (who's name i forget. The end of part two resolves that (in an implied way. Part two centers around Laura's sister, Shirley and how she finds love and marries and the complications that brings. The begining conflict is how Laura wants her baby sister to die. Interestingly, the begining does NOT dictate the ending. thus taking a chapter within the part to get a grip on where in the story we actually are. And while the parts are chronological, years seperate them. The book is divided into three main parts, each part from a different person's perspective. it's all about relationships between people. There is no real mystery bend to "The Burden" that matters (though, one thing is revealed at the end. This is the first Westmacott/Christie book that I've read (though I've done a very good job of reading through a good percentage of the Christie canon) and it was more than I was expecting. I'm not quite sure why you would write under a pen name when they go ahead and proclaim in bold letters, "Agatha Christie writing as Mary Westmacott!" It seems a bit counter-productive to me.
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