Fall on your knees - Ann-Marie Mc Donald
KORTE INHOUD
A stunning novel of epic proportions and storytelling power- 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 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 fahter 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, incorrigable 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 an...
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 fahter 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, incorrigable 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 an...
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