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Review title: Fall On Your Knees Falls Short...
Product review: I laud Anne-Marie MacDonald for a beautifully woven, finely crafted novel. I could read her prose forever.But what I cannot get past is the fact that this is typical of an Oprah pick: 500 pages of dysfunction with the requisite rape, incest and misery void of redemption. It seems the modern benchmark for literary greatness is who can pack the most suffering into one long story. Truly great novels leave me wanting more and are marked not by the suffering of the characters, but the degree to which they rise above their circumstances.There are writers who combine well-written novels (which includes careful editing that respects readers' own intelligence) with fully-developed characters in stories that are moving, but ultimately hopeful and inspiring. If you want that mix, try Shade of the Maple ... or other great fiction.
