Fall On Your Knees:A Novel
Published in 1996, Fall On Your Knees:A Novel is a sapphic fiction and historical fiction novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald. The story is set in Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia. Characters include Oprah's Book Club. Readers will find themes of sisters, families, family and sagas.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 37 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 41 editions across 6 languages.
At about 566 pages, most readers finish it in 10–11 hours.
About Fall On Your Knees:A Novel
The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James. A first novel set in Nova Scotia early this century.
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Who wrote Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
Fall On Your Knees:A Novel was written by Ann-Marie MacDonald and first published in 1996.
What genre is Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and Historical Fiction.
How long is Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
The median edition has 566 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Color Purple, Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet.
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