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| The Olive Harvest (OME): A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil in the South of France | 
 enlarge | Author: Carol Drinkwater
Publisher: Gollancz
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 141147
Media: Paperback
Edition: Open Market Ed
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0752865536
EAN: 9780752865539
ASIN: 0752865536
Publication Date: March 3, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: some creasing to spine, light tanning to page edges
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 Designer? I don't think so. June 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I too bought all three of Carols books, not for myself, but my husband. He berates me for reading fiction but in the case of the Olive trilogy I think the line is somewhat blurred. It's a case of been there (Spain though, not France),done that (350 olives, 100 citrus, and 50 stone fruit)got the T-shirt (in this case I think, less designer, more, Made in Taiwan)
Where's the fun, the sometimes hilarious mistakes, the essential enjoyment of living a new life. I found all three of the books depressing, what a miserable life, constantly broke and unhappy,
The inaccuracies I'll forgive, some were corrected in the last book, but some of what I read just didn't ring true. Sorry Carol.
 Discovering olives! September 20, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am just discovering these books. I started with The Olive Route which I thought was terrific and then I read this one. She writes so well that I feel as though I am there with her, sharing her stories, living the adventures. I can feel the Mediterranean from her descriptions and I thought this one was so sensitive too
 Oh dear rather boring Carol! July 12, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
When we moved to France a while back, I purchased a number of books including The Olive Farm, Olive Season and the last The olive Harvest.My past remarks on previous books remain. As a common thread throughout all three books written by Ms Drinkwater they become Fragmented,boring and at times very annoying.The issue of the Car accident was never resolved in the book...Did Carol and Michel press charges? True there are parts which I personally found interesting with regards to different aspects of Southern french life style. The worst is her inapt ability to handle her emotions with husband Michel. As a reader I felt he moved to Paris to avoid her overkill reactions to his wellbeing!! At times I felt I wanted to shake her and tell her to get a life! Sorry to labour the point but frankly I rated this book 2. There are far better personal story books about living in France. Sorry Carol!
Makes you want to be there among the Olive Groves June 20, 2005
66 out of 68 found this review helpful
Having read the two previous books I was eagerly awaiting a follow up and was pleased to find that this book was available just in time for my holiday! I find Carol Drinkwaters writing style to be easy to read and enthralling with beautifully written descriptions of the south of France, nature and life and its emotions. Carol and Michel have again returned to Appasionata, the Olive Farm that they have restored, and Carol is eager to continue production of the olives and attain their cerificate for producing Organic Oil. However their plans for an idyllic summer are thwarted by various events and it seems for a time that all is lost and cannot be regained. Old familiar characters like the dogs and Monsieur Q the gardener are present as are new friends like the apiarists (beekeepers) and the hunters with whom Carol spends an exhausting day hunting in the mountains (nearly killing herself into the bargain!) The ongoing saga of the Olive trees' life throughout the changing year within the changing landscape and the life and relationships affecting Carol make this a book which is compulsive reading , I found it difficult to put down and would certainly recommend it as holiday reading . It certainly makes you want to be there... to feel the fresh warm air , hear the bees, smell the scents and pollens and eat the lovely food that is produced!
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