{"product_id":"from-scratch-a-memoir-of-love-sicily-and-finding-home","title":"From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home  - Paperback","description":"From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Locke, Tembi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’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 Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Scratch\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003echronicles 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, 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 romance—an incredible love story that leaps off the pages.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death—in Tembi Locke’s case, it is both. “Locke’s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Scratch\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39591943340087,"sku":"9781501187667","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/6218\/8087\/files\/new-book-from-scratch-a-memoir-of-love-sicily-and-finding-home-paperback-31049441443895.jpg?v=1720400522","url":"https:\/\/hivoltagerecords.com\/products\/from-scratch-a-memoir-of-love-sicily-and-finding-home","provider":"Hi-Voltage Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}