The Olive Route: A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

I bought the entire series. Very enjoyable and well-written. These books in the Olive Farm series tell of the story of Carol's trials and tribulations of purchasing a property in Southern France and the subsequent development of the property as an olive farm. Take-away: never buy property in France! You'll lose you money and your mind! These books are great reading when you want to live vicariously thought someone else's home nightmares. Truly enjoyable.

Ms. Drinkwater is an excellent author with a warm and inviting writing style. I have her full collection of book about her and her partner's olive groves and I've greatly enjoyed each one. Each book gives both an intimate look into her life and is also very informative regarding the history and business of olive growing and olive oil production.

An interesting story of the author's attempt to find and follow the movement of the culture of olives around the Mediterranean, Drink water's tales and adventures seem to reflect the history she is trying to document . What she has done, then, is to participate in the human story, closing some circles while pointing the way to the future of others.A fine read!

At the beginning I was so put off by the flowery descriptions that I almost stopped reading this book. Soon I found myself as I was traveling along with the author. She managed to take me along an unforgettable experience. I am truly looking forward to reading her other books. The facts are just amazing! A must read.

An interesting topic, but the story is a big disjointed and unfocused. I'm still glad I read it.

The book was well written, but I was unable to finish it. It didn't have much of a story and it was not to my liking.

I have read Carol's other books in enjoyed all of them. They give insight into what it takes to raise olives, the trials and tribulations of doing such. She also gives insight into the history of the area and just makes you want to take a trip there.

Carol journeys in search of direct experiences with people at sites in the Middle East and Mediterranean world where olives have been a significant factor in the local economy and culture. Her great ability as an observer, and a story teller, make this familiarly readable, but not as interesting to me as the books focused on her life on and about the "farm."

I loved this book for all its factual information and too me away to the warm South of France. Carol Drinkwater certainly entertains the reader.

Anything by Carol Drinkwater is a good read.

Für Fans der Oliven-Trilogie (leider nur 1 Teil auf Deutsch).Beschreibung des Zustandes des gebrauchten Taschenbuches (sehr gut) absolut zutreffend.Superschnelle Lieferung und sehr gut verpackt - perfekt.

I very much enjoyed this book. Made me want to sit in the sun and drink wine whilst tasting olives. Carole can be a little preachy at times, but at heart, she is right, as global warming is a great concern now. She was ahead of her time, and commendable for it.

It was a combination history, geography and travelogue about a journey taken by the author around the eastern Mediterranean looking for the true origin of olive cultivation. Such a brave woman to do this journey by herself in an area often hostile to women. She met amazing people, ate a lot of olives and oil, and found olive trees more than a thousand years old. Unfortunately, the war in Syria interrupted her trip. And now there is no more Syria, so it was a gift to read about what it was like before the war began.