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The Burden of Cane
In 1915, a widow arranges for the acclaimed English spiritualist and medium Gloria Osborne Leonard to come to Louisiana to contact her husband who was recently killed in the fields of their sugar plantation. The widow had something very important she needs to ask her late husband.
On a ship leaving America for England, a man with an eyepatch stands at the railing and throws something into the ocean. An Irish priest traveling onboard is watching and strikes up a conversation with the man and agrees to hear his confession. As they go into the warmth of the ship's cabin, the priest realizes that the thing the one-eyed man threw in the ocean was a revolver.
The Burden of Cane is the story of a society woman with a scandalous past, a West Point trained engineer with a future in ruins, a boy's promise to his dying father, and a bitter rivalry that ends in death.
On a ship leaving America for England, a man with an eyepatch stands at the railing and throws something into the ocean. An Irish priest traveling onboard is watching and strikes up a conversation with the man and agrees to hear his confession. As they go into the warmth of the ship's cabin, the priest realizes that the thing the one-eyed man threw in the ocean was a revolver.
The Burden of Cane is the story of a society woman with a scandalous past, a West Point trained engineer with a future in ruins, a boy's promise to his dying father, and a bitter rivalry that ends in death.
473 pages, Paperback
Published June 12, 2021
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July 21, 2022
What a wonderful story about people like us (sinners). I wish I could reread this story again for the first time. If you enjoyed C.H. Lawler’s other books, you will love the revisit to our beloved characters. It is so well done and I’m hoping for future stories to tell us more about Mrs. Gladys Osborne Leonard. I was enthralled, found myself laughing out loud quite a few times, and I want to see the future of this story in a major motion picture.
June 19, 2021
Holds You In It's Grip
Another great book by C. H. Lawler. After reading all of his books, I find it impossible to pick a favorite because they are all great. I would highly recommend The Burden of Cane. Looking forward to more exciting and interesting books from Mr. Lawler. The mention of Sloss Furnice in Birmingham, Alabama caught me by surprise as it is a place (or what is now left of it) that I have passed by at some point my entire life.
Another great book by C. H. Lawler. After reading all of his books, I find it impossible to pick a favorite because they are all great. I would highly recommend The Burden of Cane. Looking forward to more exciting and interesting books from Mr. Lawler. The mention of Sloss Furnice in Birmingham, Alabama caught me by surprise as it is a place (or what is now left of it) that I have passed by at some point my entire life.
May 19, 2022
The Burden of Cane
The Burden of Cane was fantastic. For me, there was a tad too much sex and sexual innuendo. I found that when reading The Saints of Lost Things also. But the story, oh my. It was excellent.
The Burden of Cane was fantastic. For me, there was a tad too much sex and sexual innuendo. I found that when reading The Saints of Lost Things also. But the story, oh my. It was excellent.
October 9, 2023
Great read…. Love the way he writes!!!
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