The Building of Jalna
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
First published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada’s Mazo de la Roche. In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise. This is book 1 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Morning at Jalna.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Like Jane Austen, Canadian author Mazo de la Roche delighted in putting her colourful characters’ emotions, actions, fleeting thoughts and foolishness under a microscope. The first book in her immensely popular 16-volume family saga details the journey of Philip and Adeline Whiteoak—a hot-blooded married couple—who leave India and the British Isles to journey to Canada, where they build a grand country estate on Lake Ontario’s shores. Originally published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is a lively historical novel that narrates episodes of the Whiteoaks’ lives with an entertaining, gossipy tone.
