Can’t Wait Wednesday #152: Someday, Now by Tembi Locke

Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the Jill at Breaking the Spine. So let me introduce you my Can’t Wait Wednesday #152 pick.  Click on the book’s cover to add it to your Goodreads shelf (opens in a new window).

From The Publisher:

Tembi Locke has always been obsessed with family—making them, keeping them, thriving within them. As a child of divorce, a mother through adoption, a widow by cancer and now remarried to form a blended family, she is deeply familiar with change and upheaval. But in the summer of 2023, she felt overwhelmed and uneasy by another major shift: her only child, Zoela, was about to move across the country for college. Tembi needed to be in a place with the power to connect her to the past and prepare her for the future. So, she rented a house by the sea and booked flights to Sicily.

Someday, Now chronicles a sun-drenched summer adventure, as Tembi searches for meaning in places as vast and awe-inspiring as the Tyrrhenian Sea and the mythological home of Persephone and Demeter to those as quiet and personal as her late mother-in-law’s kitchen table. The island is rife with nostalgia and memories for her and Zoela, who grew up visiting her late father’s family in the Sicilian countryside. And when Tembi’s new husband Robert joins them a few days into their trip, she leans into the complicated feelings brought on by this experiment in blending family and reclaiming possibility in middle age.

Combining her own emotional narration with recordings from her time exploring the beautiful island, Tembi invites the listener to journey alongside her in this one-of-a-kind audio experience. Someday, Now is a perfect next listen for fans of From Scratch (now a Netflix series starring Zoe Saldaña), but stands on its own as a captivating and transformative family story and a celebration of love’s ability to reshape us in every season of life.

Why I Can’t Wait to Read Someday, Now:

The author’s earlier book From Scratch has stayed with me ever since I first read it, and I loved the Netflix adaptation just as much. So when I heard about Someday, Now, I knew it was a must-read. It promises to be another deeply emotional memoir—the kind of book I can see myself finishing in a single sitting.

Other Recent Picks for Can’t Wait Wednesday:

Can’t Wait Wednesday #151: All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Can’t Wait Wednesday #150: The Incredible Kindness of Paper by Evelyn Skye

Can’t Wait Wednesday #149: Falling Into Place by Allison Ashley

What is a book that you Can’t Wait to read? Let me know in the comments!

I hope you have a wonderful day!