![]() ![]() The National Arts Centre will stage an adaptation of the critically acclaimed and international bestselling 1996 novel Fall On Your Knees in two, concurrent three-hour-long performances from March 10 to March 25.įall on Your Knees earned MacDonald the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction along with many other accolades.ĭescribed by the NAC as an “iconoclastic novel” that “chronicles three generations of the Piper family,” MacDonald’s story moves between “haunted Cape Breton Island, through the battle fields of World War One, to the emerging jazz scene of New York City and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters.” That’s the kind of energy that’s considered dangerous as well, at all times including our own.” ![]() “That’s a youthful engine, and that’s what drives the story. ![]() “Often the awakening of sexuality, creativity and artistry are connected,” she told Capital Current. Even though her acclaimed novel is 27 years old, author Ann-Marie MacDonald believes Fall on Your Knees is having a resurgence among younger people because there’s something timeless about the story that will appeal to teens and people in their 20s. ![]()
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