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Saturday, July 30, 2011

STAFF PICKS--Fall On Your Knees

Carol's Pick:  Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Synopsis: 
They are the Pipers of Cape Breton Island -- a family steeped in lies and unspoken truths that reach out from the past, forever mindful of the tragic secret that could shatter the family to its foundations.

Chronicling five generations of this eccentric clan, Fall On Your Knees follows four remarkable sisters whose lives are filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Their experiences will take them from their stormswept homeland, across the battlefields of World War I, to the freedom and independence of Jazz-era New York City.
 
Compellingly written, running the literary gamut from menacingly dark to hilariously funny, this is an epic saga of one family's trials and triumphs in a world of sin, guilt, and redemption.

Carol says:  This book was a wonderful commentary on how a really dysfunctional family can come together to create a real family despite themselves.  Full of mystery and surprises.

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