Reviews tagging 'Grief'

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

28 reviews

tayloryoung91's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

amanda884's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Terminal illness

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Tembi is a beautiful writer. She is obviously a creative at heart. I struggle with eating this book. It felt rude and impersonal to rate someone’s healing journey. I only chose a four because I felt more could have been conveyed to bring me in. But again that is a personal opinion. I cannot wait to try the recipes in the back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Medical content, and Death

hmetwade's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

theabee's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Racism, and Toxic relationship

cnoguera's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness

3littlewordz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I opted to read (actually listen to) this memoir rather than watch the Netflix series. Many of my friends said that watching the series emotionally wrecked them, and I can absolutely see why. Tembi Locke beautifully wove love, loss and grief together with good food, hope and strengthened family bonds. I was not expecting to tear up listening to this audiobook!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death

snapshotsofabookishlass's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, and Cancer

bookishkelie's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Enjoyed this memoir and the vulnerability shown by Locke. Looking forward to watching the Netflix miniseries based on this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Cancer, and Grief

dtodd's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

I was brought to this book having watched the wonderful Netflix adaptation, and although I found that Locke writes beautifully, the second half dragged too much as she talked about her summers in Sicily after her husband’s death. I was more interested in her relationship with her husband and their journey of cancer, which wasn’t such a focus of the book. Nevertheless, a good read, and a passionate account of love, loss, and good food! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer