Set on stormy cape breton island off nova scotia, fall on your knees is an internationally acclaimed muligenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Set largely in a cape breton coal mining community called new waterford, ranging through four generations, annmarie macdonalds dark, insightful and hilarious first. It was so well written and engaging that i stayed up all night and couldnt bear to get up even to get a refill on my diet coke. Fall on your knees amnesty international book club canada. Fall on your knees is the story of the piper family. About the author annmarie macdonald is a writer and an actress. Submissive behavior, incest, death and more its all in there.
This page contains details about the fiction book fall on your knees by published in 1996. Our book for julyaugust is the remarkable fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald, recommended by guest reader wayne johnston. Fall on your knees oprahs picks cover to cover books inc. I had too many questions about what happened to some of the main characters after i finished it. Whatever is meaningful, whatever is going to take me to the next level with these characters. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald, paperback. What a wild ride i couldnt turn the pages fast enough, oprah winfrey told her viewers as she announced fall on your knees as her february 2002 book club selection.
Introduction fall on your knees wikipedia gradesaver. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald what did you think about this book. Fall on your knees is not one of oprahs best book picks. Introduction fall on your knees annmarie macdonald introduction. Fall on your knees is a 1996 novel by ann marie macdonald. Nikki james the story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. Fall on your knees audiobook by annmarie macdonald. Fall on your knees won the 1997 commonwealth writers prize for best first book, and was an oprah winfrey book club selection. Based in a small canadian town in the late 1800s through the midtwentieth century, the novel tells the story of the relationships between the father james, his wife materia, and their three daughters, kathleen, mercedes, and frances. This book may turn off a few readers with its dark themes and taboo topics, but i think the patient reader should find fulfillment by the end of the book. Its kind of like a supersized rollercoaster whose last nervejangling swerving turn and earthward plunge comes when you least expect it. The novel rose to critical and commercial success as an oprahs book club selection in 2002. Fall on your knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters.
Macdonald won the commonwealth writers prize for her first novel, fall on your knees, which was also named to oprah winfreys book club. A dark look at a womans life in the early 19th century. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fall on your knees oprahs book club 9781565116924 by annmarie macdonald and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. Well, many times during the reading of fall on your knees, i would say, how can that be happening now. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. The novel takes place in late 19th and early 20th centuries and. Ive always considered myself to be a pretty slow reader, so imagine my horror at the thought of having to read this 566 page novel for a class now imagine the feeling of utter accomplishment and pride when i finished reading it in 3 days. Fall on your knees was previously published in canada, where it rose to the top of the bestseller lists. Her first play, goodnight desdemona good morning juliet, was premiered in 1988 by the. Fall on your knees oprahs book club by annmarie macdonald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
The book was a finalist for canada reads 2010, when it was defended. 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. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Even though the book is not new, the territory it covers is very current and. James piper is a self educated man with 3 daughters. She received the governor annmarie macdonald is a canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in toronto, ontario. Fall on your knees is an internationally acclaimed muligenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Rent fall on your knees oprahs book club by annmarie. As i was reading, i thought, this author must have spent some time in a mental institution. Mar 17, 2012 fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald what did you think about this book. This book is the 1405th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. The novel takes place in late 19th and early 20th centuries and chronicles four generations of the complex piper family. Fall on your knees 1996, the debut historical novel by annmarie macdonald, tells the story of a broken family and its numerous secrets over five generations.
Macdonald began this book as a play but finished it five years later as her first work of fiction. Thank you for being part of the amnesty international book club. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald 2002, paperback. Goodreads members who liked fall on your knees also liked. 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. I have to agree with simi sara about the reasons for voting off the book, but perdita had an interesting point about choosing your vote based on the merit of the book rather than going with strategy though i have my doubts she followed that. Fall on your knees book by annmarie macdonald official. Macdonald brings her characters to life so much that i had to keep reminding myself the book was fiction. Annmarie macdonald the piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. From awardwinning canadian actress and playwright macdonald comes a fullbodied, everrolling debut, the story of a talented cape breton family with more than its share of repression and tragedy.
Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald book club. He supports his family as a piano tuner and a later as a shoe maker. Buy a cheap copy of fall on your knees book by annmarie macdonald. The uniqueness of macdonalds voice, and of her approach, lies in her ability to distillshe can capture, deftly, the fleeting moment, the fragmented feelings that make up so. 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.
A canada reads shocker, said jian, when annmarie macdonalds fall on your knees was voted off. Fall on your knees by the 1405th greatest fiction book. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald, paperback barnes. Fall on your knees book discussion, apr 5, annmarie macdonald wove a complex tale of family secrets and the lives they destroy. The international bestselling novel, fall on your knees, has been translated into seventeen languages and received the commonwealth prize, the canadian authors association award and two canadian booksellers association libris awards. Fall on your knees is a 1996 novel by canadian playwright, actor and novelist annmarie macdonald. And, i chose to read fall on your knees before she chose it, so there this story was absorbing. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald goodreads. Find books like fall on your knees from the worlds largest community of readers. It is one of those sweeping multigenerational pieces of historical fiction, but at the same time its really just a story about four sisters. Jul 24, 2016 fall on your knees is not one of oprahs best book picks.
Fall on your knees oprahs book club 9781565116924 by annmarie macdonald and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. It follows the piper family from patriarch james meeting with materia, through the lives of their four daughters. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives even destroy them. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald helens online. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of pageturning, cliffhanging appeal of that lesser medium. Fall on your knees oprahs book club by annmarie macdonald.
Fall on your knees by pepper choplin, paperback barnes. Fall on your knees is filled with forbidden love and taboos. Family, fiction, sisters, families, family nova scotia cape breton island fiction, sisters nova scotia cape breton island fiction. Her first play, goodnight desdemona good morning juliet, was premiered. Fall on your knees is probably the most intricately and exquisitely plotted book in canadian literature. It is a story of inescapable family bonds, terrible secrets, and of miracles.
It was selected for oprah winfreys book club and the commonwealth writers prize, and it has been well received by readers. Reading group guide for fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald 1 in the prologue silent pictures, the author sets the scene through a narrators voice and drops you into the middle of the piper familys tangled relationships. We were the mulvaneys by joyce carol oates icy sparks by gwyn hyman rubio stolen lives. The knee pain guru double your money back guarantee this program is the sum total of the past 2 decades of my lifes work and i believe so strongly in what i have to share with you, that im willing to give you my own personal knee pain guru double your money back guarantee. Fall on your knees by the 1405th greatest fiction book of. Literary guild and doubleday book club alternate selections. This book left me hanging at the end after such a promising start. Set largely in a cape breton coal mining community called new waterford, ranging through four generations, annmarie macdonalds dark, insightful and hilarious first novel focuses on the piper sisters and their. Twenty years in a desert jail by malika oufkir cane river by lalita tademy the corrections by jonathan franzen a fine balance by rohinton mistry fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald sula by toni morrison. Nova scotia, to new york city in the 1920sadd texture to an entrancing narrative. Its not your run of the mill soap opera, but a tragic epic spanning several generations.
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