Jalna

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. Annotation In & quot;Jalna & quot;, the unforgettable Whiteoak family makes its first appearance. Grandmother Adeline and Boney, her equally colourful parrot; Adeline's bachelor sons Nicholas and Ernest, daughter Lady Augusta, granddaughter Meg, and grandsons Renny, Piers, Eden, Finch. and Wakefield. Renny, the red-haired eldest grandson, fiercely protects Jalna and all who live there, while the rival brothers Piers and Eden cause tumult when they both bring brides home to live at Jalna. The novel ends with the celebration of Adeline's 100th birthday Mazo De La Roche. Reprint Of The 1927 Ed. Published By Macmillan, Toronto.