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Fall on your knees : a novel

Spanning five generations and moving from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, to the bleak landscape of World War I, and to the emerging jazz scene in New York City, this epic tale tells the story of four sisters.

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  • "Spanning five generations and moving from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, to the bleak landscape of World War I, and to the emerging jazz scene in New York City, this epic tale tells the story of four sisters."@en
  • "The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James. A first novel set in Nova Scotia early this century."@en
  • "The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James. A first novel set in Nova Scotia early this century."
  • "This is a story of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death and forbidden love."@en
  • "A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders."
  • "Noodlottige geschiedenis van een excentrieke familie op Nova Scotia (Canada) in het begin van de twintigste eeuw."
  • "At the start of the 20th century, James Piper sets fire to his dead motherʹs piano and heads out across Cape Breton Island to find a new place to live, eventually eloping with 13-year-old Materia Mahmoud, the daughter of wealthy, traditional Lebanese parents. And so, from early on, Ann-Marie MacDonald establishes some major themes: racial tension, isolation, passion and forbidden love, which will gradually lead to incest, death in childbirth, and even murder. At the centre of this epic story is the nature of family love, beginning with the Piper sister who depend on one another for survival. Their development as characters -- beautiful Kathleen, the promising diva; saintly Mercedes; Frances, the mischievous bad girl, who tries to bear the familyʹs burden; and disabled Lily, everyoneʹs favourite -- forms the heart of the novel. And then there is James, their flawed father."@en
  • "Fall on Your Knees is a story of inescapable family gonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death and forbidden love."
  • "Le destin mouvementé de la famille de James Piper et de ses quatre filles dans l'atmosphère envoûtante du Cap-Breton du début du XXe siècle jusqu'au New-York des années jazz. Sur un sujet aussi délicat que celui de l'inceste, les nuances du langage et la subtilité de la romancière dépeignent les moeurs rigides de la bourgeoisie de l'époque. Premier roman."
  • "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 battlefields of World War I, to the emerging jazz scene in New York City, and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters. The mythically charged family - James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition; Materia, his Lebanese child-bride; and their daughters: Kathleen, the eldest, a beautiful talent preparing for a career as an opera diva; Frances, 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. Fall on Your Knees is a story of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love."@en
  • "Following the curves of the twentieth century, this novel takes the reader from haunted Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia through the battlefields of World War I into the emerging jazz scene of New York City, and immerses us in the lives of four sisters."@en
  • "The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives -- even destroy them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption."@en
  • "The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant,dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by james. A first novel set in Nova Scotia early this century."

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Kanadské romány (anglicky)"
  • "Familie- og slægtsromaner"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Canadian fiction (English)"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"
  • "Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"@pl
  • "Miscellaneous fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Handbooks and manuals"
  • "Roman canadien de langue anglaise"
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "Vernimm mein Flehen : Roman"
  • "På dina bara knän : [roman]"@sv
  • "Chiedi perdono"@it
  • "Chiedi perdono"
  • "Vernimm mein Flehen Roman"
  • "Fall on your knees ;novel"
  • "Fall on your knees : a novel"@it
  • "Understrømmer"
  • "Zapach cedru"
  • "Zapach cedru"@pl
  • "Fall on your knees : a novel"@en
  • "Fall on your knees : a novel"
  • "Fall on Your Knees"@en
  • "Armon yö"@fi
  • "Armon yö"
  • "Fall on your knees a novel"
  • "Fall on your knees a novel"@en
  • "Không lối thoát : tiểu thuyết"
  • "Laten wij aanbidden : Bd. 2"
  • "Vernimm mein flehen : Roman"
  • "Padněte na kolena"
  • "Dökülen hayatlar : roman"
  • "Fall on your knees : [novel]"
  • "Un parfum de cèdre"
  • "På dina bara knän"
  • "Meaḥorey dlatot"
  • "På dina bara knän"@sv
  • "Me-aḥore delatot"
  • "De joelhos"
  • "Laten wij aanbidden"
  • "Un parfum de cèdre : roman"
  • "Hemmelighedernes hus"@da
  • "Hemmelighedernes hus"
  • "Fall On Your Knees"
  • "Na kolene"
  • "Fall on your knees [kit] : a novel"
  • "Dokulen Hayatlar"
  • "Fall on your knees"@en
  • "Fall on your knees"

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