If you have followed Carol through her trials and tribulations of running her olive farm then this is a must.  Newcomers will find her enthusiasm for her subject irresistible.  Now she knows that new approaches to farming are needed and so she travels through France, Spain, Italy and North Africa to seek the best solutions.

 
The Olive Farm series:

1. The Olive Farm
2. The Olive Season
3. The Olive Harvest
4. The Olive Route
5. The Olive Tree
6. Return to the Olive Farm

Synopsis

THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater's colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our time.

Troubled by challenges her own South of France farm is experiencing, Carol realises new approaches to farming are becoming essential.

Her quest takes her south through Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Italy before she finally returns to her farm.

Through her travels and vivid encounters, Carol confronts some of the critical issues of our time - land-care and the harsh realities of diminishing water reserves - and ends her momentous journey in the company of olive growers whose vision for the future is remarkable and ingenious.

Reviews

'A gripping adventure' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
 
'Carol's latest book, The Olive Tree, is a fascinating personal travelogue that addresses some crucial issues of our time' MIDDLE EAST MAGAZINE
 
'...with the publication of the Olive Tree, it's now a five book epic which defies description. Is it a biography, a travelogue, a love story?...' CLASSIC FM ARTS DAILY ONLINE
 
'It is Drinkwater's ability to engage and empathise with those she encounters - whether on her farm or on her travels - that makes her such a popular writer.'IRISH INDEPENDENT
 
'The book is an engaging combination of travelogue and mystery story with many apposite observations on green issues - another area that Carol feels very strongly.' YORKSHIRE POST

About the Author

Carol Drinkwater was our Guest Editor in May 2011 - click here - to see the books that inspired her writing.   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 as both an actress and writer. During her acting career she has worked in film, television and theatre. Her credits include working with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre and Stanley Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange. Carol is the author of six bestselling memoirs: The Olive Farm, The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree and Return to the Olive Farm. Carol is currently working with UNESCO on a lavish documentary film series inspired by her two most recent books, THE OLIVE ROUTE and THE OLIVE TREE.   The series is both travel and history based and will follow an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean Basin. The aim is to celebrate the cultural heritage of this sacred tree.   Author Photo © Michel Noll More books by this author Author 'Like for Like' recommendation