Knopf Canada. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394281594 . Stated First Edition. Signed by the author, in an inscription to the previous author, to the title page. Also included is a wedding picture where MacDonald is a wedding guest! Brown / black Hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. In fine condition. "At the start of the 20th century, James Piper sets fire to his dead mother's piano and heads out across Cape Breton Island to find a new place to live, eventually eloping with 13-year-old Materia Mahmoud, the daughter of wealthy, traditional Lebanese parents. And so, from early on, Ann-Marie MacDonald establishes some major themes: racial tension, isolation, passion and forbidden love, which will gradually lead to incest, death in childbirth, and even murder. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 566 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Bytown Bookery (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 27409
Title: Fall on Your Knees
Author: MacDonald, Ann-Marie
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394281594
ISBN 13: 9780394281599
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto, On, Canada
Date Published: 1996
Keywords: 0394281594, Fiction > Domestic, Family & Relationships, Race Discrimintaion, Canadian Literature
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; Family & Relationships;

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