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  The Roots of the Olive Tree

  by Courtney Miller Santo

  '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,... (more)