Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus [Used]
Hardcover
"An irresistible buoyancy, along with a deliberately sharp bite. Garmus's novel focuses on a female scientist whose ambitions are impeded--and then rerouted--by a world not yet ready for her."
—Frank Bruni, The New York Times
Hardcover
"An irresistible buoyancy, along with a deliberately sharp bite. Garmus's novel focuses on a female scientist whose ambitions are impeded--and then rerouted--by a world not yet ready for her."
—Frank Bruni, The New York Times
Hardcover
"An irresistible buoyancy, along with a deliberately sharp bite. Garmus's novel focuses on a female scientist whose ambitions are impeded--and then rerouted--by a world not yet ready for her."
—Frank Bruni, The New York Times
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.
ISBN: 038554734X EAN: 9780385547345
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Feminist
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Humorous | General