Lessons In Chemistry:
Written by: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda
Raison
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Time: 11 Hours 56 Minutes
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COPIES SOLD Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research
chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The
Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she
becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. STREAM ON APPLE TV+
This novel is “irresistible,
satisfying and full of fuel” (The New York Times Book Review) and
“witty, sometimes hilarious...the Catch-22 of early feminism”
(Stephen King, via Twitter).
Chemist Elizabeth Zott
is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott
would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as
an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at
Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except
for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated
grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry
results.
But like science, life is unpredictable.
Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds
herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most
beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to
cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”)
proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy.
Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just
teaching women to cook. She’s daring them to change the status quo.
Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of
supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and
vibrant as its protagonist.