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![]() 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. "A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour"-Īn African-American actress recounts her romance with a Sicilian chef whose traditional family disapproved of their marriage and how she sought solace in their close-knit community after his death.
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