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mschrock8's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed reading this family story. Lots of love. Lots of secrets. Lots of forgiveness.
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
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 women and there is a geneticist coming to find out why they live so long. He hopes to find out all their secrets.
Love hearing about the olive trees, nursery/grafting and why their products are so useful.
Picking olives sounds to me like what knitting does for me, very calming.
Such great treasures in the attic. One of the best books out of hundreds I've read this year. So fascinating to learn all about the DNA, the mutations and
what they can attribute it to. Love hearing about the location of where the book takes place as it's new to me.
Like how each of the 5 sisters got a large devoted part in this book. At the end it just all the mysteries come together and there are no longer any secrets to uncover.
For a book to be worthwhile to me it has to do two things: 1. take me away to a new place, describe it so well that i can feel myself there. This book has done that to the
point where I can reach up and feel the olives as they ripen, walking the rows of trees.
and 2. learn something new. This book has done that as well. Techniques of grafting the tree branches and the treasures they find in the attic.
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 women and there is a geneticist coming to find out why they live so long. He hopes to find out all their secrets.
Love hearing about the olive trees, nursery/grafting and why their products are so useful.
Picking olives sounds to me like what knitting does for me, very calming.
Such great treasures in the attic. One of the best books out of hundreds I've read this year. So fascinating to learn all about the DNA, the mutations and
what they can attribute it to. Love hearing about the location of where the book takes place as it's new to me.
Like how each of the 5 sisters got a large devoted part in this book. At the end it just all the mysteries come together and there are no longer any secrets to uncover.
For a book to be worthwhile to me it has to do two things: 1. take me away to a new place, describe it so well that i can feel myself there. This book has done that to the
point where I can reach up and feel the olives as they ripen, walking the rows of trees.
and 2. learn something new. This book has done that as well. Techniques of grafting the tree branches and the treasures they find in the attic.
kdurham2's review against another edition
4.0
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Five generations of women all living under one roof and that is just the tip of the iceberg with this family. Each woman has their own unique story and is a piece to the family puzzle.
Five generations of women all living under one roof and that is just the tip of the iceberg with this family. Each woman has their own unique story and is a piece to the family puzzle.
hlogan's review against another edition
2.0
Meh. Not as good as I wanted it to be. I couldn't get behind any of the characters.
roroth's review against another edition
4.0
Well, as some of my readers know I started a local book club with some friends of mine and after 2 months of pretty depressing books we were trying to find something uplifting to read. While googling uplifting novels a friend of mine came across The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo. I really enjoyed this book and so thankful for my friend for finding it. I am giving it 4 stars. At first it starts out a little slow but within a couple chapters it really gets rolling and I was able to really get into it.
It is about 5 generations of first born girls, Anna, Bets, Callie, Deb and the youngest Erin.They are a family of what a doctor in the novel Amrit Hashmi calls “Superagers” that live longer than the rest of the normal population does. Anna, the first of the 5 generations was born 1894. The story delves into the lives of all 5 that come together while Dr. Hashmi is doing research about them. Throughout the story you learn that like many families they have secrets that they kept from eachother all their lives and also learn secrets that were brought to light from Dr. Hashmi’s research.
The story was written out very well and you can tell that the Author, Courtney Miller Santo, did her research. There were some parts in the book that I thought really did not need to be in there. At one point there is a “confidental” paper about Dr. Hashmi about him winning some prize that really had nothing to do with the story and that is one part I really just glanced over. Everything else was awesome and I look forward to reading more from her. Now, I just need to wait till tomorrow to see what everyone else in the book club thought! Hope they liked it as much as I did.
Thanks for reading as always!
Rochelle
It is about 5 generations of first born girls, Anna, Bets, Callie, Deb and the youngest Erin.They are a family of what a doctor in the novel Amrit Hashmi calls “Superagers” that live longer than the rest of the normal population does. Anna, the first of the 5 generations was born 1894. The story delves into the lives of all 5 that come together while Dr. Hashmi is doing research about them. Throughout the story you learn that like many families they have secrets that they kept from eachother all their lives and also learn secrets that were brought to light from Dr. Hashmi’s research.
The story was written out very well and you can tell that the Author, Courtney Miller Santo, did her research. There were some parts in the book that I thought really did not need to be in there. At one point there is a “confidental” paper about Dr. Hashmi about him winning some prize that really had nothing to do with the story and that is one part I really just glanced over. Everything else was awesome and I look forward to reading more from her. Now, I just need to wait till tomorrow to see what everyone else in the book club thought! Hope they liked it as much as I did.
Thanks for reading as always!
Rochelle
sde's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked the premise of this book and the focus on several generations of women. It was a quick read, but I kept expecting more. What were all the "secrets" the women were hiding. When they were finally revealed, it was a bit of a letdown and fairly mundane. We also never really get to know or understand Deb, the woman who was jailed for killing her husband. I longed to hear her voice and her side of the story. There must be a lot more than readers were given. Most of the characters were not fleshed out enough for me, maybe because there were so many of them.
It was a great book for a long train ride, though, which is when I read it. Interesting enough to keep me turning the pages, but not so taxing that frequent interruptions made it hard to follow.
It was a great book for a long train ride, though, which is when I read it. Interesting enough to keep me turning the pages, but not so taxing that frequent interruptions made it hard to follow.
skikatt68's review against another edition
4.0
not what I expected and I'm still thinkung about the end...
kairosdreaming's review against another edition
4.0
This review can be found on www.amazon.com as part of the Vine Program, or my book blog www.ifithaswords.blogspot.com