Fall On Your Knees:A Novel
About this book
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.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 81 readers · 508 pages · ≈ 9 h 24 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
About ≈ 9 h 24 m — 508 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
508 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is Fall On Your Knees:A Novel in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
The main characters include Oprah's Book Club.
Where does Fall On Your Knees:A Novel take place?
It is set in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Who wrote Fall On Your Knees:A Novel?
Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–0).