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-Ann-Marie MacDonald -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following 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 battlefields of World War I, to the emerging jazz scene in New York City, and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters. The mythically charged family—James, a father of intelligence and immense ambition; Materia, his Lebanese child-bride; and their daughters: Kathleen, the eldest, a beautiful talent preparing for a career as an opera diva; Frances, 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. Fall on Your Knees is a story of inescapable family bonds, of terrible secrets, of miracles, racial strife, attempted murder, birth and death, and forbidden love. Read Member reviews of this novel --------------------------------------------------------------------- *MY REVIEW* This book was so boring that I chose not to even remember half of what it was about. I could never got into it. I speed read once I got to page 100. To much detail that over did the sentences, depressing, and very difficult to understand. Seems like a lot of things are going on at once in this book. I call it a real snoozer. |
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