![]() Moving and finely written, Fall On Your Knees is by turns dark and hilariously funny, a story – and a world – that resonate long after the last page is turned. Many times during the reading of Fall on Your Knees, I would say, How can that be happening now And then Id say, Its a book. Together they weave a tale of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love. Fall on Your Knees By Ann-Marie MacDonald 512 pages Scribner/Simon & Schuster. ![]() The mythically charged Piper family – James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition, Materia, his Lebanese child-bride, and their daughters: Kathleen, a budding opera Diva Frances, the incorrigible liar and hell-bent bad girl Mercedes, obsessive Catholic and protector of the flock and Lily, the adored invalid who takes us on a quest for truth and redemption – is supported by a richly textured cast of characters. Following the curves of history in the first half of the twentieth century, Fall On Your Knees takes us from haunted Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, through the battle fields of World War One, to the emerging jazz scene of New York City and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters. ![]()
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