![]() ![]() Winner of the CBA Libris People's Choice Award ![]() Winner of the Canadian Authors' Association Award ![]() Oprah's Book of the Month Club Pick, January 2002 Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book 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. 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 mythically charged Piper family-James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition, Materia, his Lebanese child-bride, and their daughters: Kathleen, a budding opera Diva Frances, the incorrigible liar and hell-bent bad girl Mercedes, obsessive Catholic and protector of the flock and Lily, the adored invalid who takes us on a quest for truth and redemption-is supported by a richly textured cast of characters. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Bookįollowing 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. ![]()
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