Books by Courtney Miller Santo
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review 1: I liked the book. You get to know the characters well. Fun read. My only complaint- it wasn't until I read the discussion questions at the end of the book that I made the connection that the title referred to both the architectural three story house at center of the story and t...
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review 1: I would give this book 3.5 stars. I liked the book but by the end I think it dropped off and it seemed as if the author did not know how to end it. It just sort of fizzled out. I also felt there were pieces of the story missing and resulted in some confusion and segmented story l...
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review 1: Under the Olive Tree is Courtney Miller Santo’s prequel to The Roots of the Olive Tree. But unlike Jodi Picoult’s Larger than Life, this one left me disappointed. Introducing five generations of women in one go left me struggling to work out who was who and I had to keep referrin...
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review 1: This book was ok but lacked any real action. It is a story crossing over five generations, the eldest being 112 years old. Set in The northern Sacramento valley olive tree groves, it make you think the key to longevity is in using olive oil. Well, the genes of the first born daug...