Table of Contents

• Introduction by Heather Kirk 
• Ringing the Changes 
• Prologue 
• I. Maternal Forebears 
• II. Paternal Forebears 
• III. Very Young Days 
• IV. Secret Play and Separation 
• V. Adolescent Pleasure and Pain 
• VI. The First Flight 
• VII. Clipped Wings 
• VIII. The Long Years 
• IX. The Changeful Years 
• X. Three Against the World 
• XI. We Two Left 
• XII. Jalna 
• XIII. Whiteoaks 
• XIV. Setting Sail 
• XV. Seckington 
• XVI. The Rectory 
• XVII. Canada 
• XVIII. The Cliffs and the Heath 
• XIX. The Winnings 
• XX. Whiteoaks — The Play 
• XXI. Farewell to the Winnings 
• XXII. Life in Windsor and a Trip to America 
• XXIII. Change

About the Author

Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when in 1927 she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller. She went on to publish sixteen novels in the popular series.