ann marie macdonald fall on your knees summary

The characters that wound up being Mercedes, Frances and Lily arrived visually. What was the spark? What was the grain for you?Īnn-Marie: It began as a play, and it began very innocently. Oprah: I find it interesting over the years talking to different authors how the pieces come together.

And then the rest the world is going to provide. I don't need to have a lot in my own experience. And it comes from stories that have been percolating everywhere all the time. And the honest answer is that I don't really know.

(laughter) And she came out and gathered her thoughts.' Where did this come from?Īnn-Marie: That's such a difficult question. Oprah: As I was reading, I thought, 'This author must have spent some time in a mental institution. Where did the idea for the book come from? Read the highlights from our on-air discussion. worthy of our praise and attention.' - The National Post '.effortless ability to quickly spin pathos into humour, making the suffering of her characters humane and never heavy-handed.Ann-Marie MacDonald wove a complex tale of family secrets and the lives they destroy.

' - The Globe and Mail ' e book is an absolute triumph of terrifying authenticity. And she has again delivered a masterpiece. It is impossible to forget.' - Quill & Quire 'In Adult Onset, MacDonald tracks what looks like a well-do-to creative-class person who is wrestling with a dark force, except in this case the menace is largely confined to the interior, a matter of memory and psychology. Oprah's Book Club pick New York TImes and International Bestseller (millions sold worldwide) Two-time Giller Prize finalist Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction Winner of the Dartmouth Book Award Winner of the People's Choice Award Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction Winner of the Torgi Award Shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Finalist for the CBA Libris Awards, Author of the Year Shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award Winner of the Chalmers Award and the Dora Award Praise for Adult Onset 'A lively, moving, and often funny story that has the potential to help usher in a new era of honest literary depictions of families in all their permutations.' - The Walrus 'MacDonald's book remains spellbinding throughout.

Ann marie macdonald fall on your knees summary