• Hardcover
• 308
• The Roots of the Olive Tree
• Courtney Miller Santo
• English
• 11 November 2019
• 9780062130518

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FREE DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree ó PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB Hat brings to life five generations of women including an unforgettable 112 year old matriarch determined to break. 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 deal there Anna is the oldest and wants to be the oldest living person Her daughter Bets story deals mostly with her husband Frank who has dementia or something along those lines and is in a home and has a male lover Their daughter Callie was a flight attendant and was in a horrible plane crash and suffered a damaged leg that is constantly in pain so she takes pills Oh and their daughter Deb murdered the father of her daughter Erin She was in prison for most of Erin s life is finally released but finds life with family difficult and runs away Callie falls for a doctor who studies the ladies trying to find out why they live so very long I wonder too They don t seem to have much of a life but they want to live a really really long time No friends No outside interest other than olives Callie seems to like the men folk Erin sings opera But mostly they hang around the olive farm and discuss family I m thinking I missed something Claiming Her unforgettable 112 year old matriarch determined to break. 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 deal there Anna is the oldest and wants to be the oldest living person Her daughter Bets story deals mostly with her husband Frank who has dementia or something along those lines and is in a home and has a male lover Their daughter Callie was a flight attendant and was in a horrible plane crash and suffered a damaged leg that is constantly in pain so she takes pills Oh and their daughter Deb murdered the father of her daughter Erin She was in prison for most of Erin s life is finally released but finds life with family difficult and runs away Callie falls for a doctor who studies the ladies trying to find out why they live so very long I wonder too They don t seem to have much of a life but they want to live a really really long time No friends No outside interest other than olives Callie seems to like the men folk Erin sings opera But mostly they hang around the olive farm and discuss family I m thinking I missed something

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FREE DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree ó PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful touching story t. The description of the book a story surrounding five living generations of women appealed on that very women s fiction level The synopsis hinted at hidden secrets along with this very interesting family dynamic that brings all five of these women back under the same Californian roof Santo broke her narrative into five sections one section for each generation s POV plus a bonus epilogue from the perspective of the sixth generation Unfortunately the secrets revealed came surprisingly early in the book The largest downfall however was the ending nothing resolved and the epilogue raised uestions than it answered Of the characters introduced only two have reached actual conclusions by the end of the book none of the other characters came close to reaching any sort of resolution And a large event planned for towards the end and its lack of follow through was particularly frustratingThe issue of longevity here played an interesting theme But for those at all familiar with genetics the longevity here is played like magic than science Though this is definitely fiction it would have felt like a authentic story if Santo had left the science alone The scrambled explanation about the longevity being gender specific doesn t actually work If this mutation is passed along the sex chromosomes it would be the X chromosome in particular but women have two X s so it would be not less likely for the males to display the longevity as they have only X chromosome and would not have a compensating X Either let the longevity be a function of fiction and work as magical realism or research genetics I just couldn t suspend disbelief the way the facts were presented here Enlightenment Now The Case for Reason Science Humanism and Progress under the same Californian roof Santo broke her narrative into five sections one section for each generation s POV plus a bonus epilogue from the perspective of the sixth generation Unfortunately the secrets revealed came surprisingly early in the book The largest downfall however was the ending nothing resolved and the epilogue raised Lost Souls uestions than it answered Of the characters introduced only two have reached actual conclusions by the end of the book none of the other characters came close to reaching any sort of resolution And a large event planned for towards the end and its lack of follow through was particularly frustratingThe issue of longevity here played an interesting theme But for those at all familiar with genetics the longevity here is played like magic than science Though this is definitely fiction it would have felt like a authentic story if Santo had left the science alone The scrambled explanation about the longevity being gender specific doesn t actually work If this mutation is passed along the sex chromosomes it would be the X chromosome in particular but women have two X s so it would be not less likely for the males to display the longevity as they have only X chromosome and would not have a compensating X Either let the longevity be a function of fiction and work as magical realism or research genetics I just couldn t suspend disbelief the way the facts were presented here

FREE DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree DOWNLOAD The Roots of the Olive Tree ó PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB All Guinness longevity records the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them togethe. 35 It could be that because I have a large family myself although sons than daughters I could really relate to this story I most identified with Anna who was the oldest she was a crusty selfdetermined character that attempted to keep the peace between all living in her house I was also intrigued about the anti aging research and enjoyed learning about the olive groves and the transplanting of the trees acing was somewhat slow in the beginning and the constant shifts of focus kept the reader from knowing any of the characters thoroughly but I believe we learn enough to get the general idea of their personalities This is a good solid interesting story one I did enjoy Jingle Bell Rock ultimately ties them togethe. 35 It could be that because I have a large family myself although sons than daughters I could really relate to this story I most identified with Anna who was the oldest she was a crusty selfdetermined character that attempted to keep the peace between all living in her house I was also intrigued about the anti aging research and enjoyed learning about the olive groves and the transplanting of the trees acing was somewhat slow in the beginning and the constant shifts of focus kept the reader from knowing any of the characters thoroughly but I believe we learn enough to get the general idea of their personalities This is a good solid interesting story one I did enjoy