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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: It is a multi-generational family story, after all, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
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''Fall On Your Knees'' is a 1996 novel by Creator/AnnMarieMacDonald. It follows the Piper family from patriarch James' meeting with Materia, through the lives of their four daughters. The novel rose to critical and commercial success as an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2002.
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''FallOn on Your Knees'' is a 1996 novel by Creator/AnnMarieMacDonald. It follows the Piper family from patriarch James' meeting with Materia, through the lives of their four daughters. The novel rose to critical and commercial success as an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2002.
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* InfantImmortality: An inversion, as several babies die during the course of the plot.
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* BuryYourGays: In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
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* BuryYourGays : In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
* CatsAreMagic / CatsHaveNineLives : Played with. One scene evokes the possibility of the family cat doing something magical...then he [[spoiler: gets locked in an attic trunk and they don't find him for many years.]]
* InfantImmortality : An inversion, as several babies die during the course of the plot.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged : Lily's club foot gives her near-magical qualities.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters : It is a multi-generational family story, after all, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James goes to war to try and rid himself of his attraction to his daughter. He later impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair. He also abuses Frances, although it's not clear if he does so with his other children.]]
* CatsAreMagic / CatsHaveNineLives : Played with. One scene evokes the possibility of the family cat doing something magical...then he [[spoiler: gets locked in an attic trunk and they don't find him for many years.]]
* InfantImmortality : An inversion, as several babies die during the course of the plot.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged : Lily's club foot gives her near-magical qualities.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters : It is a multi-generational family story, after all, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James goes to war to try and rid himself of his attraction to his daughter. He later impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair. He also abuses Frances, although it's not clear if he does so with his other children.]]
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* BuryYourGays : BuryYourGays: In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
*CatsAreMagic / CatsHaveNineLives : CatsAreMagic[=/=]CatsHaveNineLives: Played with. One scene evokes the possibility of the family cat doing something magical...then he [[spoiler: gets locked in an attic trunk and they don't find him for many years.]]
*InfantImmortality : InfantImmortality: An inversion, as several babies die during the course of the plot.
*InspirationallyDisadvantaged : InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Lily's club foot gives her near-magical qualities.
*LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters : LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: It is a multi-generational family story, after all, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
*ParentalIncest : ParentalIncest: A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James [[spoiler:James goes to war to try and rid himself of his attraction to his daughter. He later impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair. He also abuses Frances, although it's not clear if he does so with his other children.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse : An in-universe example, with their poor cat.
* UnproblematicProstitution : Played with. The men at the bar seem to see Frances as a sort of mascot and ignore how young she is.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI : James is a ShellShockedVeteran of the war, although his problems started beforehand.
* UnproblematicProstitution : Played with. The men at the bar seem to see Frances as a sort of mascot and ignore how young she is.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI : James is a ShellShockedVeteran of the war, although his problems started beforehand.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse : WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An in-universe example, with their poor cat.
*UnproblematicProstitution : UnproblematicProstitution: Played with. The men at the bar seem to see Frances as a sort of mascot and ignore how young she is.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity : James to Materia. In some ways, her religious fanaticism is just as destructive as James' tendencies.
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity : James to Materia. In some ways, her religious fanaticism is just as destructive as James' tendencies.
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* InfantImmortality : An inversion, as several babies die during the course of the plot.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged : Lily's club foot gives her near-magical qualities.
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* CatsAreMagic / CatsHaveNineLives : Played with. One scene evokes the possibility of the family cat doing something magical...then he [[spoiler: gets locked in an attic trunk and they don't find him for many years.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse : An in-universe example, with their poor cat.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters : It is a multi-generational family story, after all, set in small-town Nova Scotia.
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* TimeSkip: From James and Materia's marriage to the girls as older children and teens to the girls many years on.
* UnproblematicProstitution : Played with. The men at the bar seem to see Frances as a sort of mascot and ignore how young she is.
* UnproblematicProstitution : Played with. The men at the bar seem to see Frances as a sort of mascot and ignore how young she is.
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* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair.]]
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* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James goes to war to try and rid himself of his attraction to his daughter. He later impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair. He also abuses Frances, although it's not clear if he does so with his other children.]]
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* BuryYourGays : In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
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* BuryYourGays : In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds. succeeds.
* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair.]]
* ParentalIncest : A theme throughout the book. [[spoiler: James impregnates Kathleen by [[RapeAsDrama raping]] her. She subsequently [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] during a horribly botched C-section, although some of it is DeathByDespair.]]
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''Fall On Your Knees'' is a 1996 novel by Creator/AnnMarieMacDonald. It follows the Piper family from patriarch James' meeting with Materia, through the lives of their four daughters. The novel rose to critical and commercial success as an Oprah's Book Club selection in 2002.
Some of the tropes that appear in the novel include:
* AbusiveParents: James, particularly toward Frances and Kathleen, and Materia is emotionally abusive.
* BuryYourGays : In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
* WorldWarI : James is a ShellShockedVeteran of the war, although his problems started beforehand.
Some of the tropes that appear in the novel include:
* AbusiveParents: James, particularly toward Frances and Kathleen, and Materia is emotionally abusive.
* BuryYourGays : In the most tragic, tear-jerking way possible, James tries this with Rose. He nearly succeeds.
* WorldWarI : James is a ShellShockedVeteran of the war, although his problems started beforehand.
