The Roots of the Olive Tree

Olives, Olive Oil, longevity.....sounds like it could be true to me. The Keller women had worked in the olive orchards for generations, and Anna, who was 112, claimed the longevity was because of the family's "love" of the olives....this book is filled with generations of women and family life. What......more

Roots of The Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo I was first attracted to this book because of the name, olive tree in the title. Coming from a family of nurserymen this would be right up my alley. Love the proverbs and how they are useful to the olive pickers. This is a story about 5 generations of wo......more

This started with a good premise but I felt the author was lacking character development. I have problems with books that have unlikeable characters. However, I have a unusual and some might say twisted sense of what is likeable and can find some horrific characters terribly likeable. When they are......more

This book had too much going on. I liked the descriptions of the orchids and Anna's story. But the book just seemed to be about too many issues / stories / characters without fully exploring any of them. I thought the book was going to be realistic fiction dealing with family relationships and aging......more

5 (6) generations of females living on olive farm in California … present day setting. Early pages, but good read. Liked it. Wanted to love it, but just didn't feel it. 5 generations of first born females in one olive 'plantation'. Other than their inclusive past and present, there wasn't a great de......more