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in reply to a message by renny
Way back when, there was an interminable series of books about a family somewhere - American or maybe Canadian - farming/small town. They were to be found in libraries ... and I was paid to read a few at one time. (White-something? Author could have has a Spanish-sounding surname.) Not a joyful experience. But the hero's given name was Renny, or maybe it was his nickname; no explanation that I recall, but there were gazillions of books that I managed to avoid.
The only Renny people I've known were two women, one a Renee (can't make French accents in this program) and the other a Rentia (not short for Emmarentia, but derived from it.)
The only Renny people I've known were two women, one a Renee (can't make French accents in this program) and the other a Rentia (not short for Emmarentia, but derived from it.)
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It's a shot in the dark, but maybe it's a pet form of Reynold, meaning adviser, I could be wrong.
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The Jalna series by Mazo de la Roche?
The were real bestsellers in their time. The series (16 volumes) covered 100 years of the wealthy family Whiteoak's history. One of the central characters was named Renny. And the author was Canadian.
Mazo is an interesting name too.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
The were real bestsellers in their time. The series (16 volumes) covered 100 years of the wealthy family Whiteoak's history. One of the central characters was named Renny. And the author was Canadian.
Mazo is an interesting name too.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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The same! By gum, sixteen of them? I got off easily all those years ago.
What do you know about Mazo? It looks like a circus name ... Mazo the Magnificent and his performing fleas ... or perhaps some kind of cleaning product ... or maybe I'm just taking my remembered boredom out on the helpless author.
Thanks for jogging my memory!
What do you know about Mazo? It looks like a circus name ... Mazo the Magnificent and his performing fleas ... or perhaps some kind of cleaning product ... or maybe I'm just taking my remembered boredom out on the helpless author.
Thanks for jogging my memory!
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Years ago I tried to find out the origin of the name by looking at a biography of Mazo de la Roche and was unsuccessful. So the only thing I can tell you is that she was a woman.
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Well Mazo in spanish means mallet. So mallet of the ... don't know Roche though.
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Roche is a variant form of Roach which means rock dweller. So Mallet of the rock dweller.
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