Reviews

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

stripe217's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

wintermote's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The book was fine—the passages about her husband’s death was so painful to read. So emotional. 

themartinmama's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Bittersweet memoir of love and loss.

alexgoldstein4's review

4.0

(Audiobook)

seobhan12's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective

4.25

jess_mango's review

4.0

More thoughts later when I am not under the influence of cold medication...

annie_g_scott's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I love the way the author wove the story together, joining past and present. I enjoyed her writing style and the depictions of Sicily, and her honest recounting of a hard-fought love and the value of family and home. 

rides_and_reads's review

3.5

Books that made me ugly cry 

leannecoppola's review

5.0

Excellent. I cried, I smiled, and wanted to indulge in good Italian food.

chelseatm's review

3.0

I enjoyed the book for the most part but I felt that the latter half seemed to peter out and repeat itself almost. It just seemed to lose steam and then arrive at a forced-feeling conclusion. The food sounds spectacular and the imagery was awesome but I just wished she had been firmer on the ending.