{"product_id":"fall-on-your-knees-by-ann-marie-macdonald-2328ae","title":"Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. n nReviews n nNot a single line is superfluous in this richly layered tale of the nsecrets within several generations of a Canadian family. Both nfeverishly intense and darkly humorous, the drama of the Piper nfamily emerges amidst a backdrop of racial tension and social nchange in Canada during the first half of the 20th century. Piano ntuner James Piper dotes on his beautiful and musically talented neldest daughter, Kathleen, almost to the exclusion of everyone nelse, including his Lebanese wife and his other daughters. After nKathleen's death during childbirth and his wife's suicide a few ndays later, James forbids any mention of Kathleen's name. But the nbitter fruit of illicit passion will continue to take its toll on nKathleen's survivors. Though the mortality rate in this family nsometimes challenges credibility, playwright and actress nMacDonald's ambitious first novel displays a remarkable assurance nof style, pacing and plotting as unexpected twists propel a complex nstory that builds inexorably to tragedy. MacDonald uses the surface ntension and love between James and his daughters to explore the nrepercussions of repression, sin, guilt and violence that simmer nbeneath the family's delicately maintained equilibrium. Her gifts nfor character development, comic dialogue and vivid evocation of nsocial milieu and specific background detail-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.) FYI: MacDonald began this nbook as a play but finished it five years later as her first work nof fiction. Fall on Your Knees was previously published in Canada, nwhere it rose to the top of the bestseller lists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41829922308170,"sku":"2328ae","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/2328ae.jpg?v=1764452900","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/fall-on-your-knees-by-ann-marie-macdonald-2328ae","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}