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Jalna

By: Mazo de la Roche
Narrated by: Steven Cooper
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First published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise.

This is book 1 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Morning at Jalna.

©2006 The Estate of Mazo de la Roche and XYZ Publishing (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Literary Fiction Fiction Sagas Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Family Life Romance

Editorial reviews

Do you love Downton Abbey but find yourself wishing it were more…Canadian? Try Jalna, the first in Canadian author Mazo de la Roche’s 16-book series about the endless dramas of the Whiteoak family. The first in de la Roche’s hugely popular literary soap opera, Jalna spans 100 years of stormy Whiteoak family history on Jalna, the Ontario estate named after the town in India where the Whiteoak paterfamilias was once stationed as a British officer. Narrator Steven Cooper brings vigor and playfulness to portrayals of the Whiteoak family, inhabiting young cads and 99-year-old grandmothers alike.
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Avoid at all costs.

Holy cheeseballs, this narrator is so, so bad. I love this series, I wish they were all available on audible. But this guy manages to make the people and the story truly awful. It's not like he isn't suited for the book, he isn't suited to narration of anything. I would venture to say that any third grader could make the story and characters come alive better. I am not a patient listener to poor readers and I would wholeheartedly prefer the worst reader in the third grade.

Don't get this and be turned off by the series. either read them the old fashioned way or wait for someone to do them justice.

also note: audible says this is the first book and it is not; I can't recall what number but it's several books in.

abysmal narration

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I LOVE Mazo de La Roche’s Whieoak series. Read it several times and still enjoyed listening to this one. Can’t figure out why all 16 books in the series are not here on audible. They are simply the BEST!!!! Hoping for more!

Wonderful Storytelling

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I found some of the characters to be unbelievable, one-dimensional and frankly boring. The narrator was OK but not the greatest--at least for this book. The plot was fairly well thought out...I just think the bones weren't well-fleshed out.

Ho-hum

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