Book description
First published in 1932, in Finch's Fortune, Finch Whiteoak
celebrates his twenty-first birthday and comes into his inheritance
from Grandmother Adeline. He generously takes his elderly uncles to
England and lives for a time with his Aunt Augusta. While in England,
Finch falls in and out of love with his cousin Sarah Court. He returns
to Jalna, where the fortune left to him remains a bone of contention
amongst other members of the Whiteoak family. This is book 9 of 16 in
The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by The Master
of Jalna.
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. Known for
creating unforgettable characters that come to life for her readers,
Mazo de la Roche is truly an icon of Canadian literature.
