Book description
First published in 1946, in Return to Jalna, the Whiteoak
family reunites after a year of separation. Piers, Renny, and
Wakefield return in 1943 during the Second World War. Finch has been
off on a concert tour, and Maurice has come home from Ireland.
Fifteen-year-old Adeline returns from school and is now the stunning
reflection of her namesake. It's a time of change and strain, but the
family remains united against all others. This is book 13 of 16 in
The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Renny's Daughter.
Mazo de la Roche, in 1927, was an impoverished writer in Toronto
when she won a ,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.
