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The Olive Tree: A Personal Journey Through Mediterranean Olive Groves
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~Drink water is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly Vibrant, intoxictng and heart-warming' Sunday express.
`A storyteller of great economy and deftness' Daily Telegraph
`Charming and well written. As the olives ripen to a luscious, dark-purply black, the reader is drawn into the peculiarities and joys of Provencal life' Daily Mail
The Olive Tree chats Carol Drinkwater's colorful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set against a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our Time.
In her quest to uncover the olive's mysterious origins, Carol heads south through Spaiin-now the home of more olive trees than anywhere else on earth ---through Morocco, Algeria and Italy before finally returning to her farm.
As a woman travelling alone, she is frequently vulnerable and never more so than in Algerria where, on her arrival, terrorist bombs are exploding, devastating the capital. Determined not to give up, Carol accepts the support of a network of beekeepers who parcel her across troubles territories, In return, they ask only that she reoports on their plight in a country struggling against religious fundamentalism.
Through her travels and vivid, sometimes unlikely encounters, Carol confronts some of the critical issues of today ---land -care and the harsh realities of diminishing water reserves ---and ends het momentous journey in the company of olive growers whose vision for the future is remarkable and ingenious.
The Olive Tree is a beautifully written and grippng narratiive of an intrepid and unusual journey around the western shores of the twenty-first century Mediterranean
Best known for her role as Helen Herriot in BBC Television's all Creatures Great and Small (for which she was awarded The Variety Club Television Personality of the Year Award), Carol Drinkwater has enjoyed a long and distinguished career both as an actress and a writer.
During her acting career she has worked in film, televsion and theatre. Her credits include working with Laurence Olvier at the National Theatre, Stanley Kubrick on A Clockwork Organe, and Max Von Sydow, who she played opposite in the film Father for which she won the Critics Circle Award for Best Film Actress.
Carol Drinkwater has written novels for both adults and children, including An Abundance of Rain, Akin to Love and Maping the Heart, Her bestselling childrens's novel, The Haunted School has sold over 150,000 copies and was made into a film and television series which won the Chicago Film Festival Gold Award for childrens' films. She is also the author of the bestselling memoris: The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvet and The Olive Route.
`A storyteller of great economy and deftness' Daily Telegraph
`Charming and well written. As the olives ripen to a luscious, dark-purply black, the reader is drawn into the peculiarities and joys of Provencal life' Daily Mail
The Olive Tree chats Carol Drinkwater's colorful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set against a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our Time.
In her quest to uncover the olive's mysterious origins, Carol heads south through Spaiin-now the home of more olive trees than anywhere else on earth ---through Morocco, Algeria and Italy before finally returning to her farm.
As a woman travelling alone, she is frequently vulnerable and never more so than in Algerria where, on her arrival, terrorist bombs are exploding, devastating the capital. Determined not to give up, Carol accepts the support of a network of beekeepers who parcel her across troubles territories, In return, they ask only that she reoports on their plight in a country struggling against religious fundamentalism.
Through her travels and vivid, sometimes unlikely encounters, Carol confronts some of the critical issues of today ---land -care and the harsh realities of diminishing water reserves ---and ends het momentous journey in the company of olive growers whose vision for the future is remarkable and ingenious.
The Olive Tree is a beautifully written and grippng narratiive of an intrepid and unusual journey around the western shores of the twenty-first century Mediterranean
Best known for her role as Helen Herriot in BBC Television's all Creatures Great and Small (for which she was awarded The Variety Club Television Personality of the Year Award), Carol Drinkwater has enjoyed a long and distinguished career both as an actress and a writer.
During her acting career she has worked in film, televsion and theatre. Her credits include working with Laurence Olvier at the National Theatre, Stanley Kubrick on A Clockwork Organe, and Max Von Sydow, who she played opposite in the film Father for which she won the Critics Circle Award for Best Film Actress.
Carol Drinkwater has written novels for both adults and children, including An Abundance of Rain, Akin to Love and Maping the Heart, Her bestselling childrens's novel, The Haunted School has sold over 150,000 copies and was made into a film and television series which won the Chicago Film Festival Gold Award for childrens' films. She is also the author of the bestselling memoris: The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvet and The Olive Route.
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Carol Drinkwater is probably best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs of life on an olive farm in Provence.
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