FALL ON YOUR KNEES Ann-Marie MacDonald 1997 Novel HB/DJ

ANN-MARIE MACDONALD

Copyright 1996 by Ann-Marie MacDonald

ISBN: 0-684-83320-4

Published by Simon & Schuster New York, NY

(from the inside of the jacket)

"A stunning novel of epic proportions and story-telling powe - finely written, rich and very moving, by turns dark and hilariously funny. Following the curves of history in the first half of the twentieth century, Fall On Your Knees takes 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 charges 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 hall-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 texutred 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......."

508 pages

Book measures 9 1/2" tall by 6 1/4" wide by 1 1/2" thick

This is a hard cover book with the dust jacket. The book and jacket are both in very good to excellent condition. The book only has very minor edge wear at the bottom corners. The jacket is also in excellent condition with minor edge and corner wear and a tiny bit of chipping on the front and back edge flap.