Tembi Locke

SPOILER ALERT: It took me two failed starts before I finished this lovely book, sweet with memories, filled with sorrow, and gentle with family and love. For reasons I am unsure, the book was not at all what I expected, but it didn’t fail me. It is likely my personal health issues that cause any falter I have with the book, not the book itself.

I would recommend this title, you won’t cry, it’s not sad in that way, but you will be filled with numerous emotions as you travel through this woman’s and her child’s life after loss, the fact that it centers around food and Sicily is an added a bonus.

I appreciate most the raw emotion Ms. Locke expresses about being a wife, a mother, a daughter, an unaccepted daughter-in-law. She is honest and forthright - no one gets a pass, but she is not degrading. The fact that the story comes together and is not fiction, is the perfect ending.… (mere)