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By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

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Read By: Nikki James Publisher: Highbridge Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2002 Format: Abridged Audiobook Delivery: Instant Download ISBN: 9781598873528

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Total Audiobook Chapters:

8

Longest Chapter Length:

78:41 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

72:17 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

76:32 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives - even destroy them.

Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off of Nova Scotia,<I>Fall on Your Knees</I>is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.

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"This was an excellent read. Nothing fluffy about this book. If you think you come from a dysfunctional background, after you read this book you will feel relatively normal!! Lots of unexpectedness (is that even a word?) in this novel. "

— Dianne(4 out of 5 stars)

Awards

  • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection

  • Winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

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    " uh, I liked this book until it took a crazy turn. The ending was nuts. "

    — Bianca, 6/26/2011
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    " A complicated, epic story worth reading. "

    — Jen, 6/11/2011
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    " This book made me fall in love over and over with the craft of writing. The subject is not one that I'll ever be comfortable wtih -- the storytelling is superb nonetheless. "

    — Victoria, 6/9/2011
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    " Intense, disturbing and almost two books in one. The first part alone would have been enough to deal with. The second half just drives home the relentlessness of the human condition, especially in isolated communities. "

    — Robert, 5/29/2011
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    " Unbelievably good. A family with secrets, tragedies and love that will haunt you forever. "

    — Carol, 5/25/2011
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    " A bit of everything in the book. ever really got off the ground "

    — Ann, 5/23/2011
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    " When I finished it, I laid it on my chest and just let the mindfuck take over. I've read it about 5 times since. Terrific book. "

    — Malysa, 5/22/2011
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    " I think I missed some things, maybe, I dunno, I didn't get this. There was a lot going on. It was very well written, just lots to take in. Good overall. "

    — Shawna, 5/19/2011
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    " The writing is gorgeous, but I got bored. Melodramatic and over-wrought. However, I did finish the entire novel and don't resent a bit of the time I spent on it. So that says a lot. ;) "

    — Tina, 5/18/2011

About Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-MarieMacdonald,a playwright, actress, and novelist, won the Governor General’s Award forDrama, the Chalmers Award, and the Canadian Authors Association Award for herplay Goodnight Desdemona (Good MorningJuliet).

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Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.

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About The Book

Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love.

Is Fall on Your Knees a musical? ›

Using non-literal, theatrical ways to capture and embody the story's power, the stage adaptation of Fall on Your Knees will be a piece of music-driven theatre at a scale rarely seen in Canada.

What does fall to your knees mean? ›

to go down on your knees to show respect or gratitude: The people all fell to their knees and began to pray. When they reached the top of the mountain, Jay fell to his knees and produced an engagement ring.

What happens in the book The Fall? ›

The action in this gripping story takes place over a tense 24-hour period that begins in the wee hours when 13-year-old Sam Garner witnesses a body falling from the sixth floor of the apartment block he is staying in with his crime reporter father – a man he hardly knows.

What happens at the end of fall on your knees? ›

The novel ends in New York, as Lily makes her way to Rose's apartment. The two form a friendship and live together for many years, eventually visited by a young black man called Anthony, bearing a gift from Mercedes Piper.

What is the book about the girl losing her leg? ›

Touching, funny, and honest, In a Single Bound is the story of how a feisty little girl from Long Island became one of the world's most famous disabled sports figures. An inspiring memoir of courage, spirit, and determination.

What is the story of the book free fall? ›

When her fiancé's private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Allison Carpenter miraculously survives. But the fight for her life is just beginning. Allison has been living with a terrible secret, a shocking truth that powerful men will kill to keep buried. If they know she's alive, they will come for her.

What is the book The Hardest Fall about? ›

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Zoe's always been shy. At college, to try to help her, her friend dares her to do the craziest thing she can think of… kiss a random guy. She follows Dylan into a room she thinks is a classroom and ends up seeing a little too much of him.

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