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The children of a driven and ambitious father are swept along by the tumult of 20th-century events and of their own desires. This is a story of family relationships, racial strife, miracles, attempted murder, birth, death and love.
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"Toronto Star" Stunning....The story is riveting, the characters achingly human, and the writing will take your breath away....[MacDonald] has leapt into the first rank of fiction writers.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0224044842
- ISBN 13 9780224044844
- BindingPaperback
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- Number of pages576
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 576 pages. Cover wornThe children of a driven and ambitious f ather are swept along by the tumult of 20th-century events and of their own desires. This is a story of family relationships, raci al strife, miracles, attempted murder, birth, death and love. n n Reviews n nNot a single line is superfluous in this richly layere d tale of the nsecrets within several generations of a Canadian f amily. Both nfeverishly intense and darkly humorous, the drama of the Piper nfamily emerges amidst a backdrop of racial tension an d social nchange in Canada during the first half of the 20th cent ury. Piano ntuner James Piper dotes on his beautiful and musicall y talented neldest daughter, Kathleen, almost to the exclusion of everyone nelse, including his Lebanese wife and his other daught ers. After nKathleen's death during childbirth and his wife's sui cide a few ndays later, James forbids any mention of Kathleen's n ame. But the nbitter fruit of illicit passion will continue to ta ke its toll on nKathleen's survivors. Though the mortality rate i n this family nsometimes challenges credibility, playwright and a ctress nMacDonald's ambitious first novel displays a remarkable a ssurance nof style, pacing and plotting as unexpected twists prop el a complex nstory that builds inexorably to tragedy. MacDonald uses the surface ntension and love between James and his daughter s to explore the nrepercussions of repression, sin, guilt and vio lence that simmer nbeneath the family's delicately maintained equ ilibrium. Her gifts nfor character development, comic dialogue an d vivid evocation of nsocial milieu and specific background detai l-from Cape Breton nIsland, Nova Scotia, to New York City in the 1920s-add texture to nan entrancing narrative. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club nalternate selections; author tour. (Apr.) F YI: MacDonald began this nbook as a play but finished it five yea rs later as her first work nof fiction. Fall on Your Knees was pr eviously published in Canada, nwhere it rose to the top of the be stseller lists. Seller Inventory # 2328ae
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