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Jalna

Mazo de la Roche

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Winner of the 1927 Atlantic-Little, Brown Award  
 
First published in 1927, this international bestseller is now back in print. Jalna 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 Jalna, 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.

Disponible desde: 01/01/2006.

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