Fir, Oak and Fern is the heart-warming 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.

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-martialled and shot? And what is the "legacy" that runs as a thread throughout the novel?

Each generation 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.