Jalna
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2006
- Category
- Family Life, Historical
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894852234
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $24.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554885558
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $9.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459703186
- Publish Date
- Jan 2006
- List Price
- $24.99
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Description
Winner of the 1927 Atlantic-Little, Brown Award
First published in 1927, this international bestseller is now back in print. Jalna is the first book in the popular series about a Canadian family named Whiteoak, who live in southern Ontario in a red-brick house called Jalna. In Jalna, the unforgettable family makes its first appearance. Two grandsons cause tumult when they bring their brides to live at Jalna, and Grandmother Adeline celebrates her 100th birthday. This is book 7 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Whiteoaks of Jalna.
About the author
Mazo de la Roche, in 1927, was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from The Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller and was eventually adapted for stage, screen, and television. Known for creating unforgettable characters that come to life for her readers, Mazo de la Roche is truly an icon of Canadian literature.
In 1927, Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller. In 1929, the sequel Whiteoaks also went to the top of bestseller lists. Mazo went on to publish 16 novels in the popular series about a Canadian family named Whiteoak, living in a house called Jalna. Her success allowed her to travel the world and to live in a mansion near Windsor Castle. Mazo created unforgettable characters who come to life for her readers, but she was secretive about her own life and tried to escape the public attention her fame brought.
Awards
- Winner, Atlantic-Little, Brown Award
Other titles by
Undiscovered Mazo de la Roche 9-Book Bundle
Explorers of the Dawn / Possession / Delight / and 6 more
The Mazo de la Roche Story 2-Book Bundle
Ringing the Changes / Mazo de la Roche
Ringing the Changes
An Autobiography
Bill and Coo
A Boy in the House
Explorers of the Dawn
Growth of a Man
Possession
Lark Ascending
