64032X1 Reprint Edition. Pocket Books, New York: 1945. 297 pages. Softcover. Good condition considering its age. This is the book that was chosen from eleven hundred manuscripts as the winner of the Atlantic Monthly prize of 10,000 "for the most interesting novel of any kind," and one of the books that gained for Mazo De La Roche the Lorna Pierce Medal of the Royal Society of Canada. It is the story of the Whiteoak family and Jalna, their Canadian estate, which plays a many-sided role in this turbulent drama of character. In the life of the aged Adeline Jalna represents the romantic past and the vigorous present to which she avidly clings. In Renny's life it is both the land and the family strength that he sacrifices his love to preserve. To Alayne, Jalna is a bewildering way of life that repels her even while it shows her what real love is. And above all, Jalna, the setting and the symbol, is the Whieoak family, with its quarrels and passions and its indomitable zest for life. $6.70USD
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