{"title":"Tembi Locke","description":"Tembi Locke is a New York Times bestselling author, producer, screenwriter, and actor whose work centers on love, loss, and resilience. Her memoir, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, was a Reese's Book Club pick and an instant bestseller, and an Audie Awards and Goodreads Best Books finalist. Tembi cocreated and executive produced the award-nominated and global hit Netflix adaptation of From Scratch. As a nationally recognized speaker and podcast host, her work has received widespread media attention from outlets like The New York Times, NPR, and Essence Magazine. Tembi's work shines a light on life's turning points and the unexpected possibilities that follow moments of change.","products":[{"product_id":"from-scratch-a-memoir-of-love-sicily-and-finding-home-paperback","title":"From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a limited Netflix series starring Zoe Saldaña!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is \"a captivating story of love lost and found\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) set in the lush Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hours.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Scratch \u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), but her story is also about love, finding a home, and chasing flavor as an act of remembrance. \u003ci\u003eFrom Scratch \u003c\/i\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51276163743967,"sku":"9781501187667","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dGF_r10hMj9781501187667.webp?v=1787871137"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/tembi-locke.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}