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A story that begins when she goes against her family to study abroad and falls in love with art, Italy, and herself,” says Attica. “We knew instinctively that this is a story of epic love in all its forms, from eros to agape, and one that centers around a black woman's coming-of-age. It was also essential to include the love of family and the universal love that holds together our shared humanity. With the memoir and TV series, the sisters wanted to tell a story about love in all forms, including romantic love and love of culture, food, and travel. As storytellers, the Locke sisters agreed they had to be fully authentic. Tembi explains that she felt a responsibility to tell her love story and to be completely transparent in portraying the complexity of it.

Neither imagined at the time that Tembi’s book would become a huge success nor that the two would go on a journey together to adapt her memoir for television. The memoir also serves as a blueprint for my daughter, for the kind of love I hope she finds someday.”Ībout ten years ago, Tembi went to her sister Attica and asked, “What do I do with everything I just experienced, what I learned about life and love?” Her memoir was the answer. I felt I’d suffer another grief if I didn’t write down what I’d experienced. It had been five years since Saro’s death, and the feelings were still raw. Writing the memoir and sharing her story, said Tembi, was therapeutic though she didn’t realize that at the outset. The Sicilian countryside became a place of healing for her and her daughter with its nourishing, fresh food and close-knit community. They lived in his tiny farming town, and she felt solace with his family. The memoir chronicles three summers Tembi spent in Sicily with her daughter, Zoela, as the two discovered life without him.

After his diagnosis, they adopted a baby girl and had the joy of becoming parents together. Life was good, and then Saro was diagnosed with cancer, and all their dreams of a long life together were shattered. In time, however, the two families would become one.

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