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A review by tessa_palomeque
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
2.0
I find this book a bit difficult to review, but I think it more has to do with my expectations for it rather than how the book was written. I wanted and expected more about Tembi and Saro's love story, especially from the beginning. Instead it felt as if she was a brat to him in the beginning and then suddenly changed her mind - it did not reflect her in a very favorable light.
But overall, this story was more about how Tembi and their daughter Zoela dealt with the grief of losing Saro to cancer. I cannot imagine what it feels like to lose the love of your life to cancer and then to be a single parent. And perhaps because I have not found that level of love in my life yet, I almost wanted to shake Tembi and just say "at least you had a chance to have that type of love." So I grew frustrated with her story and couldn't connect. But again, this may go back to my own expectations for the story rather than how it was actually written. One thing is for sure, the descriptions of food are absolutely GORGEOUS and I've never craved pasta so much in my life.
But overall, this story was more about how Tembi and their daughter Zoela dealt with the grief of losing Saro to cancer. I cannot imagine what it feels like to lose the love of your life to cancer and then to be a single parent. And perhaps because I have not found that level of love in my life yet, I almost wanted to shake Tembi and just say "at least you had a chance to have that type of love." So I grew frustrated with her story and couldn't connect. But again, this may go back to my own expectations for the story rather than how it was actually written. One thing is for sure, the descriptions of food are absolutely GORGEOUS and I've never craved pasta so much in my life.