Goodreads Best Book of 2019

When I began writing From Scratch, I wrote to make sense of big, beautiful raw experience. Having never so much as published an essay before, the daring leap to write a book-length memoir was an act of bravery. Yet, it wasn’t bravery that I was thinking of each day when I put pen to paper. At the top of my mind was one question: why might this one personal story matter to anyone else? But as I began to gather years of writings, journals and letters to craft the book, I kept telling myself that within this one story were elements of everyone’s story of love, grief, hope, forgiveness and family. 

Now, From Scratch, is a finalist as one of Goodreads Best Book of 2019. It has touched many people in a way I could never have imagined. I can only give a heart-felt “grazie” to readers everywhere, especially to all the book clubs across the nation (and internationally) who have selected it to share and discuss. Thank you all for reading, sharing and gifting this book. I feel so honored to have been invited into your lives.  XO – T.

Ps – To learn more about the great books nominated this year, visit Goodreads . Voting in all categories ends December 2nd.

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