Mazo de la Roche

by Heather Kirk

Book Overview

In 1927, Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna . The book became an immediate bestseller. In 1929, the sequel Whiteoaks also went to the top of bestseller lists. Mazo went on to publish 16 novels in the popular series about a Canadian family named Whiteoak, living in a house called Jalna. Her success allowed her to travel the world and to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894852206
• ISBN13: 9781894852203
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.3"