The olive picker, is one of the very few memoirs that I caught hold of and finished reading in 4 days. A very catchy title, the book cover that talks about the silence that Kathryn has gone through in her turbulent life. It’s the story that author manages to take her reader for a journey of her life, spanning through 60 years. As one flips through chapters, one is intrigued with the details of events, the visuals on surroundings and describing some of unbelievable behavioral aspects of normal human beings who might be living that unspoken life in our neighborhoods. Storytelling is beautifully intertwined with some historical facts and I travelled through that period with her whether it was Vietnamese tension or recession that hit most of the western world. The book is a hope for anyone who in his/her life is at a point of no return, talks of courage that we are capable of discovering in most unexpected way. The only one thing that I missed in the book is Kathryn's connect with Olives that I immediately form as reader because of the title of the book. While she does reflect her love for olives from the life she spent on pastures towards the end but I wish she had explored a little more of the time she spent as olive picker and helped me live her love for olives. Very well articulated and courageous attempt Kathryn!