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Carol Drinkwater

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Carol Drinkwater is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker.

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	The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France 3.87 avg rating — 5,087 ratings — published 2001 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl in Room Fourteen 3.43 avg rating — 1,718 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olive Season 3.99 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2003 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Forgotten Summer 3.94 avg rating — 1,285 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olive Harvest: A Memory of Love, Old Trees and Olive Oil (Olive, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 1,046 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Act of Love 4.30 avg rating — 905 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hotel Paradise 3.61 avg rating — 880 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847 3.86 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on the Edge of the Cliff 3.86 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Love of a Stranger 3.94 avg rating — 660 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dear Readers, Friends, I am writing this from a very scorched-earth Olive Farm. I have never seen it so dry here; the plants so sad and desiccated. No rain for months. I am sure, wherever you are, you will have been reading about the fires here in France. Fortunately for us, thank heavens, the closest...

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My Story: Girls (28 books)
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Olive (7 books)
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Carol Drinkwater wrote a new blog post August Newsletter 2026 Dear Readers, Friends, I am writing this from a very scorched-earth Olive Farm. I have never seen it so dry here; the plants so sad and desiccated. No Read more of this blog post »
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“How many worlds make up a life!”
― Carol Drinkwater, The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France

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“Nothing lasts forever. But there is new life; new colours, fresh words, new tunes to compose. There is now; time present, time future. We build with new bricks and hope our voices are heard, our music is sung and our love cherished for as long as it is offered.”
― Carol Drinkwater, Hotel Paradise

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“I am moving the rudder, shifting the course of my life. I have not thought of it this way before, but that is what I am doing. Taking my fate into my own hands, turning dreams into reality. And there is nothing more sacred or precious than that. To choose a direction: but how often do we miss the signposts?”
― Carol Drinkwater, The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France

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