false 2060997 <![CDATA[Fall On Your Knees]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 5174 34 941309 book 1996 Fall On Your Knees total:5853|5:1959|4:1953|3:1260|2:428|1:253| 5853 22496 7741 892 3515 3.86 7862 1257 1331340 42508 150471 0743237188 9780743237185 47 <![CDATA[Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172215767m/150471.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172215767s/150471.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150471.Fall_On_Your_Knees 3.80 374
Chronicling five generations of this eccentric clan, Fall On Your Knees follows four remarkable sisters whose lives are filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Their experiences will take them from their stormswept homeland, across the battlefields of World War I, to the freedom and independence of Jazz-era New York City.

Compellingly written, running the literary gamut from menacingly dark to hilariously funny, this is an epic saga of one family's trials and triumphs in a world of sin, guilt, and redemption.

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Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 1 3 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 21:39:06 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 13:51:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 18221521 1009253 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 5 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 20 15:34:52 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 07:35:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 44410711 316512 956398 0394281780 9780394281780 28 <![CDATA[Fall On Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179791291m/956398.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179791291s/956398.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956398.Fall_On_Your_Knees 4.23 189 Fall on Your Knees, award-winning actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and clichés of daytime television. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of page-turning, cliff-hanging appeal of that lesser medium. It never drags, never over-burdens the reader, and, most importantly, remains likeable and believable despite the many--and sometimes magical--twists and turns of its tale.

Fall on Your Knees tells the story of several generations of the Piper family of Cape Breton, beginning with the marriage of James Piper, the controlling, emotionally stunted son of Gaelic-speaking Scottish Canadians, and Materia Mahmoud, the 13-year-old daughter of wealthy Lebanese immigrants. Materia's father cuts her off from her family for marrying James, and James in turn forces her to deny both her heritage and her emotions. James, out of a spite even he fails to comprehend, focuses all his attention on Kathleen, his first-born and a musical prodigy. He dotes on her and sends her away to study opera in New York. However, Kathleen's unexpected return from New York, where she has made some discoveries that will ultimately turn her father against her, becomes the centre of an intricately plotted series of tragedies involving each of the Piper sisters. In a startlingly skilful manipulation of prose, MacDonald teases out clues, secrets, and revelations that are both delightful to discover and disturbing to consider. --Jonathan Dewar

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About twenty pages in, ...more...]]> 9037177 617232 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 4 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 21:50:56 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 21:51:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 42627695 1891765 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 2 1 false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 19:07:44 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 06:01:21 -0800 2009 876415 68801 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 1 1 false Wed Apr 25 08:10:57 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 08:23:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 81914472 2726439 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 1 0 true Wed Dec 23 20:43:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 20:51:15 -0800 2009
This tells you a few things. 1) The writing was so good and compelling and addicting it made it difficult for me to stop reading, despite my issues with it. 2) I didn't want anyone else to read it, so I didn't give...more...]]> 80649236 3031302 956398 0394281780 9780394281780 28 <![CDATA[Fall On Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179791291m/956398.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179791291s/956398.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/956398.Fall_On_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees, award-winning actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and clichés of daytime television. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of page-turning, cliff-hanging appeal of that lesser medium. It never drags, never over-burdens the reader, and, most importantly, remains likeable and believable despite the many--and sometimes magical--twists and turns of its tale.

Fall on Your Knees tells the story of several generations of the Piper family of Cape Breton, beginning with the marriage of James Piper, the controlling, emotionally stunted son of Gaelic-speaking Scottish Canadians, and Materia Mahmoud, the 13-year-old daughter of wealthy Lebanese immigrants. Materia's father cuts her off from her family for marrying James, and James in turn forces her to deny both her heritage and her emotions. James, out of a spite even he fails to comprehend, focuses all his attention on Kathleen, his first-born and a musical prodigy. He dotes on her and sends her away to study opera in New York. However, Kathleen's unexpected return from New York, where she has made some discoveries that will ultimately turn her father against her, becomes the centre of an intricately plotted series of tragedies involving each of the Piper sisters. In a startlingly skilful manipulation of prose, MacDonald teases out clues, secrets, and revelations that are both delightful to discover and disturbing to consider. --Jonathan Dewar

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As for this choice, the first half of the book does drag. Most of the characters are unlikeable, not even charming but naughty or sympathetically pa...more...]]> 49897313 237216 5174 0743466527 9780743466523 773 <![CDATA[Fall on Your Knees]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999m/5174.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517999s/5174.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5174.Fall_on_Your_Knees 3.84 5853 Fall on Your Knees is the impressive first fiction from Canadian playwright and actor Ann-Marie MacDonald. This epic tale of family history, family secrets, and music centers on four sisters and their relationships with each other and with their father. Set in the coal-mining communities of Nova Scotia in the early part of this century, the story also shifts to the battlefields of World War I and the jazz scene of New York City in the 1920s.]]> 1996 4 0 false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 15:03:01 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:27:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2060997