From Scratch: Book vs. Series
Attica Locke and Tembi Locke's 2022 series From Scratch is inspired by Tembi's book about love, family and loss. Zoe Saldaña plays Amy, an American artist who falls for a Sicilian chef and builds a life with him across two cultures.
About the book and the TV show
- Author
- Tembi Locke
- Year
- 2019
- Pages
- 352Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 10 hr 17 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Tembi Locke
After her husband Saro dies, Tembi Locke returns to his Sicilian hometown with their young daughter, seeking a connection to the life they shared. Her memoir moves between those summers and the story of their courtship, marriage and struggle with cancer. Food and a changing relationship with her mother-in-law become part of learning to live with loss.
- Creator
- Attica Locke, Tembi Locke
- Year
- 2022
- Episode
- 54 min
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 8
- Network
- Netflix
- Cast
- Zoe Saldaña, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David
- Genre
- drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Amy leaves Texas for an art program in Florence, where she falls in love with Sicilian chef Lino. Building a life together in Los Angeles brings financial pressures and resistance from family members on both sides of the Atlantic. When serious illness disrupts their plans, the couple and their relatives must find ways to care for one another across old divisions.
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