6/3/2023 0 Comments Novel fall on your knees![]() When James and Materia marry, their corner of Cape Breton Island is unremarkable and undistinguished. The story’s power comes from how the setting around the main characters changes, almost like a time-lapse video. Though mostly linear, there are flashbacks throughout, and a detailled accounting of Kathleen’s time in New York is deferred to the penulimate section for dramatic effect. We don’t find out who the narrator is until the very end (though you can probably guess after a while). MacDonald’s narrative is cyclical and self-referential. Against the backdrop of Cape Breton Island and New York City from the turn of the 20th century all the way to the advent of World War II, Ann-Marie MacDonald shows us how the good and bad actions we take in life ripple outward to touch the lives of everyone around us. It is one of those sweeping multi-generational pieces of historical fiction, but at the same time it’s really just a story about four sisters. ![]() ![]() Fall On Your Knees is a difficult book to summarize, or review, in a way that could do it justice. Sometimes the best books are the books that are actually more than one story. ![]()
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