From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is â€œa captivating story of love lost and foundâ€ (Kirkus Reviews) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.

It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saroâ€™s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saroâ€™s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.

From Scratch chronicles three summers Tembi spends in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as she begins to piece together a life without her husband in his tiny hometown hamlet of farmers. Where once Tembi was estranged from Saroâ€™s family, now she finds solace and nourishmentâ€”literally and spirituallyâ€”at her mother-in-lawâ€™s table. In the Sicilian countryside, she discovers the healing gifts of simple fresh food, the embrace of a close knit community, and timeless traditions and wisdom that light a path forward. All along the way she reflects on her and Saroâ€™s romanceâ€”an incredible love story that leaps off the pages.

In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a deathâ€”in Tembi Lockeâ€™s case, it is both. â€œLockeâ€™s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved onesâ€ (Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. From Scratch is for anyone who has dared to reach for big love, fought for what mattered most, and those who needed a powerful reminder that life is...delicious.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ItemPartNumber 3
ReleaseDate 2019-04-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ItemPartNumber	3
ReleaseDate	2019-04-30
Format	Kindle eBook

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

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