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HarperLuxe
September 2012
On Sale: August 21, 2012
488 pages
ISBN: 006213051X
EAN: 9780062130518
Kindle: B007ED70EU
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Women's Fiction
'In the olive grove you've got to be wise in the feet and
wild in the head.' At the heart of the beautiful debut novel
"The Roots of the Olive Tree" are five generations of
firstborn Keller women who live in the same house on an
olive grove in secluded northern California. Matriarch Anna is 112 and trying to be the oldest woman in
the world - and succeeding heartily. Her daughter Bets,
granddaughter Callie, great-granddaughter Deb, and
great-great granddaughter Erin are also defying the limits
imposed on our lives. When a geneticist comes to study these
marvel of longevity, Erin announces she is pregnant with a
firstborn boy and the Keller women's world is blown wide
open. The family's lives, tied so closely with the land and
the olive trees, are richly evoked with memories echoing
across generations. Told in turn through the perspective of each of the women,
the mystery of their existence is revealed in rich,
compassionate writing that will remain a treasure across the
generations.
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