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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
44 reviews
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content
Minor: Death of parent
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I bought this on sale from Audible in Aug of 2020. I was interested in it because it's about Sicily and that's where my family is from.
I listened to it now because it's also about grief and I am grieving my dad.
Listening to Tembi's experience as her husband was in hospice care and dying of cancer was very emotional. It brought up many similar memories of my dad and I cried, but it also felt like I was not alone.
Besides it helping me to process my grief it was also a wonderful memoir about the traditions, food, family, and culture of Sicily. So much of if was very familiar and it felt like home. I want to go to Sicily.
After listening to the audiobook I borrowed it from the library to reread some parts, read the book club topics, and read an interview with Tembi Locke. The audiobook came with a PDF so I have the receipts downloaded.
This was a difficult book to listen to because I could relate to her descriptions of grief, but it was very cathartic and what I needed to listen to right now.
I may watch the Netflix series at some point but need a bit of a break first from the emotional rollercoaster.
5 out of 5 Taste Buds.
I listened to it now because it's also about grief and I am grieving my dad.
Listening to Tembi's experience as her husband was in hospice care and dying of cancer was very emotional. It brought up many similar memories of my dad and I cried, but it also felt like I was not alone.
Besides it helping me to process my grief it was also a wonderful memoir about the traditions, food, family, and culture of Sicily. So much of if was very familiar and it felt like home. I want to go to Sicily.
After listening to the audiobook I borrowed it from the library to reread some parts, read the book club topics, and read an interview with Tembi Locke. The audiobook came with a PDF so I have the receipts downloaded.
This was a difficult book to listen to because I could relate to her descriptions of grief, but it was very cathartic and what I needed to listen to right now.
I may watch the Netflix series at some point but need a bit of a break first from the emotional rollercoaster.
5 out of 5 Taste Buds.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death
Moderate: Xenophobia
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
WOW! From Scratch served as the source material and inspiration for the Netflix limited series by the same title, and while it was different from the show, I loved it for what exactly it brought to the table. The book captures and highlights the essence of what life is like without Tembi's beloved - both at home in the US and Sicily, where Saro was from. While the pain and grief are ever present they are accompanied by hope and understanding of how things were, are, and will be-- for Tembi, their daughter Zoela, and Tembi's mother-in-law, affectionately referred to as Nonna. Throughout the memoir, the reader follows Tembi and Zoela along as they try to recapture and rebuild their love, home, and flavorful food.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that has loved hard and searched for meaning after losing someone dear to you. If you have recently lost someone to cancer (or another illness), you may want to consider waiting a bit before reading. I read this 6 months after losing my grandfather to cancer, and while I am still grieving, it was not as heavy to read now.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that has loved hard and searched for meaning after losing someone dear to you. If you have recently lost someone to cancer (or another illness), you may want to consider waiting a bit before reading. I read this 6 months after losing my grandfather to cancer, and while I am still grieving, it was not as heavy to read now.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer
Was well written, but I just couldn’t get into it. I have too much loss going on in my own life right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
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Tembi is a beautiful writer. She is obviously a creative at heart. I struggle with eating this book. It felt rude and impersonal to rate someone’s healing journey. I only chose a four because I felt more could have been conveyed to bring me in. But again that is a personal opinion. I cannot wait to try the recipes in the back.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief
Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief
Moderate: Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy