Family Saga Covering Five Generations

Fir, Oak and Fern is the heartwarming saga of four forthright, liberal women, spanning five generations, three continents, two world wars, and one hundred years. As you read through the women's diaries and listen to their stories, you will see through your own eyes what it was like to be them and to live as they did. They will become so real, you will feel as though you have known them all their lives.

The story begins in 1898 with Amanda's elopement with her beloved Jack and her struggle to survive and prosper away from her domineering father. The two begin a new life in Vancouver, Canada where, over the years, she develops a publishing empire.

Her daughter, Dorothy, falls in love with a soldier about to be charged for desertion from the trenches in the Western Front. Will he be court-martialed and shot? And what is the "legacy" that is runs as a thread throughout the novel?Each individual story is filled with drama, joy, and sometimes tragedy, but vividly illustrates the determination of each woman to enrich her life through love of partners and families and liberal outlook on life.

Ross Richdale, writes in detail, giving you a bird's-eye view of every event. His descriptions of events and scenery from snowy Canada, through English country lanes, to the bush in New Zealand, leave the reader feeling as though they have been transported to those places and times.

Fir Oak and Fern is a motion picture in words. You will laugh and cry, and as the last page is turned, you will be left wanting more.