![]() ![]() Kathleen, the eldest sister, sets the overall tone in MacDonald’s work. ![]() Bearing the cross of their father’s flawed past, the Piper sisters are mercilessly forced out of the innocence of their youth.Īs the years pass, the sisters eventually grow to become young women. The four sisters Kathleen, Mercedes, Frances, and Lily depend on one another for survival as their lives increasingly become more difficult. The actions of the father set the stage for his offspring, engendering a life of hardship and sacrifice. With every turn of the page, Fall on Your Knees will have the reader begging for more, craving to know what could possibly come next in the rise and fall of the Pipers.įour generations pass by the Piper family in Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees, each carrying their own weight of the household’s past and ongoing trail of secrecy and perversion. Ann-Marie MacDonald’s stunning ability to chronicle such a dark tale makes this novel the perfect companion to a free weekend. ![]() ![]() Selected for Oprah’s Book club in 2002, Fall on Your Knees is a breathtaking novel that takes the reader to the shores of Nova Scotia, inside the lives of the mysterious Piper family. ![]()
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