Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Donde los libros
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Alan and Donna, in their early twenties, fall in love in Washington, D.C., as World War II draws to a close. Alan is intent upon writing a novel that will expose his stepfather as his father’s murderer. Donna hopes to marry him and escape her dysfunctional home. Despite Alan’s slow recovery from a war wound and conflicts arising from prior involvements, they pursue an intense affair. Social changes and Alan’s meager income as a musician strain the relationship. Donna’s longing to marry him intensifies, but he cannot yet consider wedlock. She reaches a critical decision. Then Alan takes a more direct approach to avenging his father’s death.Unforeseen events, as well as latent depths of character, drive the surprising conclusion. The Burden of Matter is not a ’romance’. Vibrant with suspense and drama of the war years, it is a realistic, graphic story of two lovers’ worst and best days during a turbulent time in America.
