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A review by frostbitsky
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Food and Finding Home in the Sicilian Countryside by Tembi Locke
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I bought this on sale from Audible in Aug of 2020. I was interested in it because it's about Sicily and that's where my family is from.
I listened to it now because it's also about grief and I am grieving my dad.
Listening to Tembi's experience as her husband was in hospice care and dying of cancer was very emotional. It brought up many similar memories of my dad and I cried, but it also felt like I was not alone.
Besides it helping me to process my grief it was also a wonderful memoir about the traditions, food, family, and culture of Sicily. So much of if was very familiar and it felt like home. I want to go to Sicily.
After listening to the audiobook I borrowed it from the library to reread some parts, read the book club topics, and read an interview with Tembi Locke. The audiobook came with a PDF so I have the receipts downloaded.
This was a difficult book to listen to because I could relate to her descriptions of grief, but it was very cathartic and what I needed to listen to right now.
I may watch the Netflix series at some point but need a bit of a break first from the emotional rollercoaster.
5 out of 5 Taste Buds.
I listened to it now because it's also about grief and I am grieving my dad.
Listening to Tembi's experience as her husband was in hospice care and dying of cancer was very emotional. It brought up many similar memories of my dad and I cried, but it also felt like I was not alone.
Besides it helping me to process my grief it was also a wonderful memoir about the traditions, food, family, and culture of Sicily. So much of if was very familiar and it felt like home. I want to go to Sicily.
After listening to the audiobook I borrowed it from the library to reread some parts, read the book club topics, and read an interview with Tembi Locke. The audiobook came with a PDF so I have the receipts downloaded.
This was a difficult book to listen to because I could relate to her descriptions of grief, but it was very cathartic and what I needed to listen to right now.
I may watch the Netflix series at some point but need a bit of a break first from the emotional rollercoaster.
5 out of 5 Taste Buds.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer