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Fall on your knees the piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. It knows how our deepest truths often have reasons that reason knows not, to paraphrase pascal. Annmarie macdonald is a canadian playwright, novelist, actor, and broadcast journalist who lives in montreal, quebec. Buy fall on your knees new ed by macdonald, annmarie isbn. Fall on your knees has been translated into 19 languages. 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fall on your knees. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and.
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The novel takes place in late 19th and early 20th centuries and chronicles four generations of the complex piper family. It starts with a young james piper marrying a very young materia mahmoud, against her fathers wishes. Written by annmarie macdonald, audiobook narrated by cassandra campbell. 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 even destroy them. After world war ii, dons work with the air force brought them to colorado, where their 12 children perfectly spanned the baby boom. Fall on your knees by ann marie macdonald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. An international bestseller and finalist for the giller prize, it was also a good morning america book club pick. She received the governor annmarie macdonald is a canadian playwright, novelist, actor and broadcast journalist who lives in toronto, ontario. She attended carleton university before moving to montreal to train as an actor at the national theatre school of canada, where. Her first play, goodnight desdemona good morning juliet, was premiered. Fall on your knees is a story of a family from cape breton, nova scotia. Reading and rereading fall on your knees by annmarie macdonald. 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.
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