Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald; 2002. Softcover.

The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of th storm is one secret that threatens t shake their lives -- even destroy them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, FALL ON YOUR KNEES is an interntionally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption.

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.