March 10, 2020
When: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Where: Loop Lounge

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New York Times best seller, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke is this month’s book club discussion.

*The next book, The Last House Guest, will be distributed at this meeting so any new joiners please email anowak@glenstar.com to register.

A poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, where one woman discovers the healing powers of food, family, and unexpected grace in her darkest hour.

It was love at first sight when Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying a black American woman, an actress no less. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forges on. They build a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopt at birth. Eventually, they reconcile with Saro’s family just as he faces a formidable cancer that will consume all their dreams.