She’s daring them to change the status quo. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. 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. True chemistry results.īut like science, life is unpredictable. Except for one: Calvin Evans the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with-of all things-her mind. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. “A unique heroine … you’ll find yourself wishing she wasn’t fictional.” -Seattle TimesĬhemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat” ( The New York Times Book Review).

A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a “formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (PARADE) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel.Book excerpts: Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus.The best book quotes from Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel.Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus MELISSA Review Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel

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