A family either plays a positive role in life leading to success or a negative role leading to failure. The love and care of a family is very important in determining prosperity in the lives of its members, and without this support, a person will only face adversity. In Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie McDonald, the Piper family, mainly the father, is responsible for the sad lives of the Piper girls. The disappointment in the lives of Frances, Kathleen and Mercedes is due to lack of love and care, inadequate parenting and overprotectiveness. Frances Piper's childhood consists of inadequate love, a loss of innocence, and a lack of concern, ultimately leading to her disastrous life. At the age of six, she experienced several traumatic events, including the death of those close to her and the loss of her innocence. In one week, there were three deaths, two funerals and two burials in the Piper family. “Frances was crying so much now that Mercedes was worried. “I want my mom to come ba-aaa-ack.”” (McDonald 174). For a young child, there is nothing more devastating than losing their mother. A family is supposed to comfort each other to make up for the loss of a loved one; However, this is not the case in the Piper family. Mercedes, who is only a year older than Frances, tries to console her even though she herself is worried. The loss of maternal love and affection has a huge impact on her future since now her sole guardian, James, expresses no responsibility towards her. Instead, he assaults Frances on the night of Kathleen's funeral to ease the grief of his lost daughter. As a result, "these disturbing experiences torment Frances with overwhelming feelings of low self-esteem and guilt that haunt her...... middle of paper ...... ld 138). After being raped by her own father, Kathleen no longer wanted to live. She left her soul in New York where she lived her dream life in complete freedom. Materia knew that Kathleen would rather die, so she did what was necessary during her delivery and allowed the babies to live. “James slowly dismantles his daughter's life and shatters it until she feels worthless. He is the perfect example of what madness and jealousy can do to a family. » (Marissa blogger.com). Simply in a fit of jealousy that someone had touched his Kathleen, whom he considered his possession; he fails in his career and in his dream of singing. Therefore, the father of the family is responsible for ruining his daughter's life because of his own foolishness and jealousy. This consequently leads to his untimely death and an unsuccessful life which was spent according to his orders..