Ebook {Epub PDF} Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Fall on your Knees (), the debut historical novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald, tells the story of a broken family and its numerous secrets over five generations. It was selected for Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and it has been well received by readers. MacDonald is a Canadian playwright who was born at a German air force base; she has won numerous awards throughout her .  · FALL ON YOUR KNEES. by Ann-Marie MacDonald ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, From award-winning Canadian actress and playwright MacDonald comes a full-bodied, ever-rolling debut, the story of a talented Cape Breton family with more than its share of repression and tragedy. As the 19th century ends, young James Piper travels from the Breton hinterland to the civilized port of Author: Kirkus Reviews. Fall on Your Knees is a story of a family from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It is centered around four sisters and their relationships with each other and w. MacDonald (the Canadian actress and playwright)has truely shown the depth and beauty of her talent in her debut novel, Fall on Your Knees.4/5.

Fall On Your Knees. 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. Fall on your knees a novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on your knees a novel This edition was published in by Simon Schuster in New York, NY. Classifications Dewey Decimal Class / Library of Congress PRM29ID Numbers. ― Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees. 24 likes. Like "I am burning. I have to live, I have to sing, I want to transform myself into a thousand different characters and carry their life with me onto the stage where it's so bright and so dark at the same time, just knowing there are three thousand people out there longing to be swept.

FALL ON YOUR KNEES. by Ann-Marie MacDonald ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, From award-winning Canadian actress and playwright MacDonald comes a full-bodied, ever-rolling debut, the story of a talented Cape Breton family with more than its share of repression and tragedy. As the 19th century ends, young James Piper travels from the Breton hinterland to the civilized port of Sydney seeking his fortune, and in no time at all he acquires a child bride, a house built by his Lebanese father-in. 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. “The uniqueness of MacDonald’s voice, and of her approach, lies in her ability to distill She can capture, deftly, the fleeting moment, the fragmented feelings that make up so much of what we term ‘understanding’. Fall on Your Knees is a novel by Canadian playwright, actor and novelist Ann-Marie MacDonald. The novel takes place in late 19th and early 20th centuries and chronicles four generations of the complex Piper Family. It is a story of "inescapable family bonds, terrible secrets, and of miracles." Beginning in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia through the battlefields of World War I and ending in New York City, the troubled Piper sisters depend on one another for survival. The book was featured b.