From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home Contributor(s): Locke, Tembi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432869248 ISBN-13: 9781432869243 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: September 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Culinary - Travel | Europe - Italy |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2019021787 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" (1.55 lbs) |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro's traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying a black American woman, an actress no less. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forges on. They build a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopt at birth. Eventually, they reconcile with Saro's family just as he faces a formidable cancer that will 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 Saro's family and his origins, now she finds solace and nourishment--literally and spiritually--at her mother in law'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 Saro's incredible romance--an indelible love story that leaps off the pages. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death--in Tembi Locke's case, it is both. Her story is about loss, but it's really about love found. Her story is about travel, but it's really about finding a home. It is about food, but it's really about chasing flavor as an act of remembrance"-- |