Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. 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. 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. Jan 25, 2011 the piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. Adult onset, by annmarie macdonald the new york times. Fall on your knees large print midcontinent public. Fall on your knees book by annmarie macdonald official. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives even to destroy them. Fall on your knees is a 1996 novel by canadian playwright, actor and novelist annmarie macdonald. I like to create stories that can be completely explained at the everyday level.
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Tell us what you like and well recommend books youll love. The sunday times wrote, it is the unpredictability of this huge book that is its greatest joy. 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. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald penguin random. Fall on your knees won the 1997 commonwealth writers prize for best first book, and was an oprah winfrey book club selection. Buy a cheap copy of fall on your knees book by annmarie macdonald. Listen to fall on your knees audiobook by annmarie macdonald. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Fall on your knees though so depressing, awful people, awful crimes, awful times. Set on stormy cape breton island off nova scotia, fall on your knees is an internationally a.
The story begins with materia mahmoud eloping with james piper, who both move to a small. Free download or read online fall on your knees pdf epub book. The sweeping saga of a deeply troubled nova scotia family, fall on your knees is an anguished yet wise and darkly humorous tale that weaves deftly back and forth in time to cover five generations of the piper clan from late19thcentury nova scotia to the battlefields of world war i to manhattans vibrant 1920s music scene. Fall on your knees is a heady, haunting brew, carefully structured, witty and distinctive. I do not know if this is good or bad, but i could not read beyond half of this book. Set on stormy cape breton island off nova scotia, fall on your knees is an international.
Her words flow with ease, allowing the story to unfold as though real and not on a page. 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. It is a story of inescapable family bonds, terrible secrets, and of miracles. Macdonald writes prose like poetry words to be tasted, but even more, as an actor these were characters that i no only could imagine being performed, but. Its kind of like a supersized rollercoaster whose last nervejangling swerving turn and earthward plunge comes when you least expect it. Literary guild and doubleday book club alternate selections. Harold hasnt called by my real name since he asked for it the first time we met.
Fall on your knees annmarie macdonald by annmarie macdonald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. Set on stormy cape breton island off nova scotia, fall on your knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational. 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. Macdonald gives the most ordinary lives extraordinarily dramatic dimensions. She tells stories between verses and everyone in the place shouts out how true it all is. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fall on your knees. This theme that runs constantly through fall on your knees, this theme of secrets. 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 was previously published in canada, where it rose to the top of the. Knopf canada fall on your knees is a 1996 novel by canadian playwright, actor and novelist annmarie macdonald.
Fall on your knees is probably the most intricately and exquisitely plotted book in canadian literature. Dec 02, 2009 fall on your knees had me gripped throughout. Macdonald fall on your knees sellersupplied images abebooks. I probably was also more steeled against reading books with. Order the fulllength dvd and album it must be christmas here. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. Reading fall on your knees a second time was perhaps worse than. Fall dredges up the nostalgia of back to school and brings with it misty, moody weather and crunchy, colorful leaves coating the sidewalks as the trees burst into color. Set on stormy cape breton island off nova scotia, fall on your knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the. Lily sits very still and listens, veiled by her hair which she has been wearing loose of late, it sweeps to the floor around her like a curtain of fire. Hes got looks that books take pages to tell hes got a face to make you fall on your knees hes got money in the bank to thank and i guess you could think hes livin at ease. 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. An absolute must read tugs at your emotions and i found myself unable to put it down. The extraordinarily horrible stories of multiple families connected together through love, marriage, and friendship, all slowly unravel in annmarie macdonalds awardwinning novel, fall on your knees.
Fall on your knees by macdonald, first edition, signed. Fall on your knees is a story of a family from cape breton, nova scotia. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. To me, it felt like a poor the house of the spirits. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald goodreads. 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. A novel of intense and powerful beauty off the shelf. Fall on your knees ebook written by annmarie macdonald.
The oldfashioned girl has stopped turning but trixie keeps watch just in case. 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. The london observer some wonderful writing has come out of canada in recent years from such authors as robertson davies and margaret atwood. 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. Her oprahanointed debut, fall on your knees, was a lyrical and. Fall on your knees 9780394281780 by macdonald, annmarie and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives, even to destroy them. Fall on your knees and millions of other books are available for instant. Reading and rereading fall on your knees by annmarie.
Fall on your knees annmarie macdonald farm lane books. With allusions ranging from hollywood stars to religious tracts, fall on your knees simmers with vibrancy and crackling, effervescent, breathtaking language. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are. If youve listened to the other audiobook, id love to hear what the whole thing was like. About the author annmarie macdonald is a writer and an actress. Sometimes the best books are the books that are actually more than one story.
It was selected for oprah winfreys book club and the commonwealth writers prize, and it has been well received by readers. So this was a lot hotter than i thought it would be. Its not your run of the mill soap opera, but a tragic epic spanning several generations. She sings about sore feet, sexual relations, baked goods, killing your lover, being broke, men called daddy, women who dress like men, working, praying for rain. Fall on your knees by macdonald, first edition, signed abebooks. Frances is like one of those strange persons who awake one morning and play the complete works of bach with never a lesson. The characters are life like, believable and your heart will be wrenched by their histories. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. Fall on your knees is filled with forbidden love and taboos. Reading guide from fall on your knees penguin random house. Fall on your knees is the story of the piper family. Macdonald began this book as a play but finished it five years later as her first work of fiction. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald loyal books. If you like fall on your knees you might like similar books we were the mulvaneys, the way the crow flies, icy sparks, a map of the world, house of sand and fog.
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This book will serve as a record of my progress as a singer. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald librarything. The first edition of the novel was published in 1996, and was written by annmarie macdonald. Fall on your knees audiobook by annmarie macdonald. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald, paperback. Fall on your knees kindle edition by macdonald, ann. I stuck with it for 23 of the book took me about two depressing and frustrating weeks of night time reading. Macdonalds fall on your knees was the third book ive started after a recent trip to an englishlanguage book store, and the sort of book that makes you resent the ones you started earlier for delaying your beginning. Mercedes would like to sit and chat with an old friend, but she doesnt have one. Fall on your knees, awardwinning actor and playwright annmarie macdonalds sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and cliches of daytime television. Find books like fall on your knees from the worlds largest community of readers. Fall on your knees oprahs book club annmarie macdonald, nikki james. 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.
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. 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 sister. I dont like oprahs branding on my book, but im so glad i overlooked this defect my. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of pageturning, cliffhanging appeal of that lesser medium. Nov 07, 2014 like my own introduction to this beautiful book, i think it is best to leave my recommendation to a brief, earnest appeal to the reader to crack the spine and let it wash over you. Analysis of ann marie macdonald s fall on your knees. Together they weave a tale of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 508 pages and is available in paperback format. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives evn destroy them. Now they are joined by the multitalented annmarie macdonald. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
The novel takes place in late 19th and early 20th centuries and chronicles four generations of the complex piper family. 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. Goodreads members who liked fall on your knees also liked. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald page 2 of 50. It is one of those sweeping multigenerational pieces of historical fiction, but at the same time its really just a story about four sisters. Fall on your knees is so terribly lovely and complicated and dark that my words wont capture it, you just have to experience it. I do not like the composition of the book, lengthy description of girls games. The piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. Official live performance of fall on your knees by david phelps feat. 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. Annmarie macdonald, fall on your knees its his last thrill and his last sting of love, as fresh and painful as youth transplanted over time and an ocean. Listen to fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald at. Fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald fictiondb. Fall on your knees takes us from haunted cape breton island, nova scotia, through the battle.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. I am very impressed with annmarie macdonalds writing and will try to get hold of all her other books as soon as possible. Macdonald the canadian actress and playwritehas truely shown the depth and beauty of her talent in her debut novel, fall on your knees. I will record only relevant facts which will prove useful as my training progresses. Jan 24, 2002 about the author annmarie macdonald is a writer and an actress. Fall on your knees oprahs book club annmarie macdonald on. This isnt the season for beach reads and lighthearted romance. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives, even destroy them. Fall on your knees has 15 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. 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. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more.