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Laddar... The Roots of the Olive Tree (urspr publ 2012; utgåvan 2012)av Courtney Miller Santo
VerksinformationThe Roots of the Olive Tree av Courtney Miller Santo (2012)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Anna is 112 years old. her daughter Bets is 90 and her daughter Callie is 65. They live in N. California on an olive grove. These women are meant to be extraordinary but they did not stir me up. The novel is not especially well written. The genetics side of the novel in the form of a dr who is researching 'super agers", also is mildly interesting. Overall just an okay book. ( ) Anna Keller at 112 years old is determined to survive and be the oldest living person on record. She is the matriarch of five generations of women living at Hill House, an olive plantation in Northern California. Erin, the youngest of the Hill House women, returns from overseas with a geneticist in tow to discover the secret behind the longevity of the family. Of course, when anyone starts to probe into the workings of a family whose members not only live incredibly long lives but have also have history as rich as Anna’s, well – things long buried tend to rise to the surface. Anna’s family is no exception and soon enough long forgotten (and thought buried) secrets do begin to get uncovered. 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. I read this book for my book club selection this month, and it was interesting. I think it was somewhat hard to keep track of all the women, their husbands, their children, and their secrets. I guess I felt it could have been thrashed out with more character and story development, and although the aging research parts were interesting, it still needed more story development. If I were editing this book, I would send it back to the author and ask her to further develop the stories of the women and how those experiences impacted their growth as individuals. Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. In so many ways this reminded me of my family. The women have long lives,their share of secret, and none of us are ever far from home. It was a nice family story that I look forward to giving to my mom and grandma. But what happened to Bets and Frank?!?!
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. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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