His family, however, is slow to accept an African-American woman into their family. When Tembi Locke, an aspiring actress from East Texas, meets Saro Gullo, a Sicilian chef, while studying abroad in Florence, their connection is immediate. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. This reading group guide for From Scratch includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Tembi Locke.
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. “Locke’s raw and heartfelt memoir will uplift readers suffering from the loss of their own loved ones” ( Publishers Weekly), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. In Sicily, it is said that every story begins with a marriage or a death-in Tembi Locke’s case, it is both. All along the way she reflects on her and Saro’s romance-an incredible love story that leaps off the pages. 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. 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. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.įrom 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. 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.
However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller is “a captivating story of love lost and found” ( 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. Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldana!
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