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From scratch : a memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home  Cover Image Book Book

From scratch : a memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home / Tembi Locke.

Locke, Tembi, 1970- (author.).

Summary:

"It 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."--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501187667 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: viii, 337 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes recipes.
Subject: Locke, Tembi, 1970-
Locke, Tembi, 1970- > Travel > Italy > Sicily.
African American actresses > Biography.
Spouses of cancer patients > United States > Biography.
Television actors and actresses > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Recipes.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Cookstown Branch 791.45028092 Locke 31681010307643 NONFICPBK Available -

Tembi Locke is an accomplished actor who has appeared in over sixty television shows and films, including The MagiciansNCIS: LAAnimal Kingdom, and Dumb and Dumber To. She is also a TEDx speaker. Her talk, What Forty Steps Taught Me About Love and Grief, traces her journey as a cancer caregiver. She is the creative voice behind The Kitchen Widow, an online grief support community that has received mentions in The New York Times and The Guardian. The author of From Scratch, she lives in Los Angeles with her young daughter, but can be found each summer on the island of Sicily.


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