Book description
First published in 1953, in The Whiteoak Brothers, the Jalna
household is electric with secrecy and excited expectation. It is now
1923, and while young love blossoms between Pheasant and Piers, Aunt
Augusta's friend, Dilly Warkworth, arrives at Jalna and tries to snare
the heart of Renny. Eden, meets a persuasive mining broker whose new
venture promises miracles. One by one, Eden persuades the other
Whiteoaks to part with their savings - even old Adeline. This is book
6 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by 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.
