An extraordinary new voice in contemporary woman's fiction, Courtney Miller Santo makes her magnificent debut with The Roots of the Olive Tree, a novel that will delight fans of Sarah Blake's The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and the works of Kristin Hannah.Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women—including an unforgettable 112-year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records—the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them together.

Santo, Courtney Miller

[Place of publication not identified]: William Morrow & Co

HarperCollins Publishers

Longman Publishing

1st William Morrow paperback ed, Place of publication not identified, 2013, ©2012

First William Morrow paperback edition, New York, 2013

1st William Morrow pbk. ed, New York, 2013, ©2012

United States, United States of America

Reprint, 2013

1st, FR, 2012

Apr 23, 2013

[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20181031182528[/date]

Source title: The Roots of the Olive Tree: A Novel

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. 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. 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, The 112 Year Old Family Matriach, 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. Courtney Miller Santo.

<p>Courtney Miller Santo's compelling and evocative debut novel captures the joys and sorrows of family—the love, secrets, disappointments, jealousies, and forgiveness that tie generations to one another</p>
<p>Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women 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. 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.</p>
<p>While the Keller women are bound by blood, living together has not always been easy. And it is about to become more complicated now that Erin, the youngest, is back, alone and pregnant, after two years abroad with an opera company. Her return and the arrival of a geneticist who has come to study the family's unusual longevity ignites explosive emotions that these women have kept buried and uncovers revelations that will shake them all to their roots.</p>

308 pages, 16 pages ; 21 cm
Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women 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. 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. While the Keller women are bound by blood, living together has not always been easy. And it is about to become more complicated now that Erin, the youngest, is back, alone and pregnant, after two years abroad with an opera company. Her return and the arrival of a geneticist who has come to study the family's unusual longevity ignites explosive emotions that these women have kept buried and uncovers revelations that will shake them all to their roots
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Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women--including an unforgettable 112 year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records--the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them together.

When a geneticist arrives to study their unusual lifespans, the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women who live together in the same house on a secluded olive grove, is shaken as revelations and secrets come to light

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