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Fall on your knees / Ann-Marie MacDonald.
The story of a jinxed family, a catalog of rape, incest and death. James Piper abuses his daughter, atones by sending her to New York to study singing while he goes to war, she returns pregnant, dies in childbirth when her mother opens her to save her twins. One of the twins dies, mother commits suicide, the second twin contracts polio while being baptized in a creek by an aunt, the aunt is raped by James.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780394281780 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 566 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage Canada edition.
- Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, [2022]
- Copyright: ©1996
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Family > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Fiction. Sisters > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC MacDo | 31681010334076 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
| LDR | 01452cam a2200313 i 4500 | ||
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| 001 | 389124 | ||
| 003 | TSUGA | ||
| 005 | 20221020115638.2 | ||
| 008 | 100201r20221996onc 000 1 eng d | ||
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst Vintage Canada edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aToronto : ‡bVintage Canada, ‡c[2022] | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©1996 | |
| 300 | . | ‡a566 pages ; ‡c21 cm | |
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