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Lessons in Chemistry
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Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus
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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 ...Read More

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Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus
4.1
11 ratings
Published year: 2022
Pages: 404

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 ...Read More

Competent HeroineSingle Mother20th CenturyWorkplace OfficeHistoricalPregnancyM F RomanceFunnyNerdy HeroFound FamilyIndependent HeroineAngstTake Charge HeroineWhite Collar HeroineNeurodivergent McContemporaryRomanceFeminismScienceHumorLiterary Fiction

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