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Name: The Building of Jalna
Author: Mazo de la Roche

📘 The Building of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche

The Building of Jalna opens in 1850 with the youthful, impassioned bride Adeline and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, a former Hussar who has come west to settle by Lake Ontario. The novel follows the Whiteoak family as they construct their home and community in the untamed landscape of Ontario, painting a vivid portrait of Canadian frontier life and family dynamics.

First publish date: 1944

Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Family Saga

Authors: Mazo de la Roche

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