From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home Non-Fiction

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home Non-FictionA REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK 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: Saros traditional Sicilian family did not approve of him marrying

woven around the deepest of secrets

Deep in the forest

Mossad agent and honeytrap specialist Delilah

Soon their line unravels into an angry tug-of-war

Accomplished and outwardly “normal

a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines

He shuffles through an America destroyed by war

nostalgic illustrations by Abigail Halpin

except for the vicious gossip that swirls around Kat’s traumatic past

and 3” wide

in Just Jessie

then down into the Amazonian delta