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The Olive Branch
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
Escape to Italy with The Olive Branch. The irresistibly romantic new novel from Jo Thomas, award-winning author of e-book runaway best-seller The Oyster Catcher.
It's amazing what you can buy online these days: memorabilia, fashion accessories, a crumbling Italian farmhouse...
After a Prosecco-fuelled girls' night in gets out of hand, Ruthie Collins awakes to discover that she has bid for her dream Italian home online - and won. Recently out of a relationship, a new start is just what she needs. Anything is better than sleeping on her mum's settee.
But arriving in Southern Italy, Ruthie doesn't know the first thing about running an olive farm. And with new neighbours - the tempestuous Marco Bellanouvo and his fiery family - to contend with, all Ruthie wants is to go back home.
Life can change with the click of a mouse. But all good things - friendship, romance, and even the olive harvest - take time to grow. Can Ruthie finally put the past to rest and find her own piece of the Dolce Vita along the way?
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- Pipsicalpopsicle
- 05-04-15
A transporting romance
Loved this audiobook, ok so you might be able to guess the kind of story line but its full of humour, charm and makes you feel as if you are in Italy too!
Loved the authors way of description about things and the general feel is great. Wasn't sure I was going to get on with the narrator to start with but after 10 minutes I was hooked.
Just lovely!
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- W
- 02-10-15
A feel good book
An easy listen and uplifting. I wish I was as brave as the lead character...would love to follow that dream!
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- bodytone
- 31-07-15
Enjoyable
Good story , well read , funny and written from the heart, I liked the feel of what it's like to start a new life
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- Rooty tooty
- 29-06-15
Impetuousness meets hard work
As a dreamer of living abroad, this fiction ticked lots of boxes. Written in a relaxed easy style. The story trips along at great pace and you find yourself immersed in la dolce vita but with reality of hard graft thrown in. You quickly find you care about the characters and are eager to know how it all pans out. A relaxing listen.
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- Neets
- 28-06-15
loved it
I loved this story. lovely and light. easy to listen to. interesting and intreguing. I can see myself in it.
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- Agnieszka Bania
- 28-01-16
Really funny, sweet and full of Italian charm!
If you could sum up The Olive Branch in three words, what would they be?
Really funny, sweet and full of Italian charm! A light-hearted, feel good read
What other book might you compare The Olive Branch to, and why?
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What about Rachel Atkins’s performance did you like?
Brilliant impersonations and Italian accent, really funny!
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
laughed the whole way through
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- Runner 10
- 28-12-15
Enjoyably realistic
Well written and well read. The main character 'ruthie ' demonstrates how complex and frightening starting a new life can be. She inspires and frustrates you as she takes you on her journey.
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- Linda
- 23-06-15
Disappointed
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Not time well spent. Was very disappointed with this book
What was most disappointing about Jo Thomas’s story?
Seemed long and drawn out and slightly implausabile in places
How could the performance have been better?
Seemed over emphasised in places. Narration was poor
Do you think The Olive Branch needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
No
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- sue
- 02-06-15
Summer reading
Very predictable, and with a nice "taste" of Italy.
Definitely chick-lit but a good and pleasant read.
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- Mrs.
- 24-04-15
relaxing easy listen
What did you like most about The Olive Branch?
eventually quite like the characters and the gentle story
Would you be willing to try another book from Jo Thomas? Why or why not?
yes.
Did Rachel Atkins do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?
yes
Any additional comments?
Enjoyable and quite easy to draw pictures of the landscape in ones mind.
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