num_pages: 512
description: 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.
language: English
title: Fall on Your Knees
titlecomplete: Fall on Your Knees
genres: LGBT, Historical, Adult Fiction, Novels, Book Club, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 65536
places: Canada, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Fiction Book, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book Overall, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Canadian Authors Association Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: The Publishing Triangle Award
category: The Ferro-Grumley Awards
publisher: Scribner