Quote of the day
It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
Mazo de la Roche
Born: January 15, 1879
Died: July 12, 1961 (aged 82)
Bio: Mazo de la Roche, born Mazo Louise Roche in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, was the author of the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.
Known for:
- Jalna (1927)
- Building of Jalna (1944)
- Whiteoaks of Jalna (1929)
- Young Renny (1935)
- Return to Jalna (1946)