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Loading... The Roots of the Olive Tree (original 2012; edition 2012)by Courtney Miller Santo
Work InformationThe Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo (2012)
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) Smits | Sep 14, 2015 |  This book brought to mind books such as The Thornbirds and The Postmistress. Ms. Santo has written a tender and beautiful book filled with family ties, love, arguments and even secrets, all woven together among the gnarled branches of their beloved olive trees. (  ) ChristineEllei | Jul 14, 2015 | ) readyreader | Nov 30, 2013 |  This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) angela.vaughn | Oct 9, 2013 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I found this book slow going in the beginning, and certainly the family relationships are complicated. However, once I got far enough into the narrative, I was carried along by the story and the quality writing. In the end, this was a wonderful family narrative, though the whole longevity thing seems in the end to be unnecessary. ( ) ForeignCircus | Aug 27, 2013 |
 Santo paints a moving portrait of an extraordinary, yet flawed, family. Although in many ways the younger women benefit from the wisdom of the older generations, they experience a loss of autonomy from never truly taking charge of their families, causing each successive generation to be less grounded than the one before. An impressive debut that explores the importance of family, the destructiveness of secrets, and the ultimate liberation of the truth.
"Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women-an unbroken line of daughters-living together in the same house on a secluded olive grove in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Anna, the family matriarch, is 112 and determined to become the oldest person in the world. An indomitable force, strong in mind and firm in body, she rules Hill House, the family home she shares with her daughter Bets, granddaughter Callie, great-granddaughter Deb, and great-great-granddaughter Erin. Though they lead ordinary lives, there is an element of the extraordinary to these women: the eldest two are defying longevity norms. Their unusual lifespans have caught the attention of a geneticist who believes they hold the key to breakthroughs that will revolutionize the aging process for everyone. But Anna is not interested in unlocking secrets the Keller blood holds. She believes there are some truths that must stay hidden, including certain knowledge about her origins that she has carried for more than a century. Like Anna, each of the Keller women conceals her true self from the others. While they are bound by blood and the house they share, living together has not always been easy."--Dust jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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