Details
Jalna
Jalna, Band 7
8,49 € |
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Verlag: | Dundurn |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.01.2006 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781554885558 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 365 |
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Beschreibungen
<p><em> Winner of the 1927 Atlantic-Little, Brown Award</em> <br><br>First published in 1927, this international bestseller is now back in print. <em>Jalna</em> 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 <em>Jalna</em>, 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.</p>
<p>The international bestselling story of the Whiteoaks, the unforgettable southern Ontario family who live in a red-brick house called Jalna.</p>
<p>In 1927, Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine <em>Atlantic Monthly</em> for her novel <em>Jalna</em>. It became an immediate bestseller. She went on to publish sixteen novels in the popular series, about a Canadian family named Whiteoak living in a house called Jalna. She created unforgettable characters who come to life for her readers, but was secretive about her own life and tried to escape the public attention fame brought.</p>