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Lessons in Chemistry

By Bonnie Garmus

When we first meet Elizabeth Zott, a Chemist working at the male-dominated Hastings Research Institute in the 1960s, it’s immediately clear she’s an original. Funny, acerbic, eccentric, and often flummoxed by cultural and religious norms, she is soon hosting a popular cooking show, Supper at Six, and inspiring her mostly female audience to be more independent, discerning and honest about what it means to be a woman in a capitalistic, male-dominated society. Meanwhile, she’s balancing single motherhood to a brilliant daughter, Mad Zott and navigating a flourishing love affair with Noble prize nominated Calvin Evans. A humorous, thought-provoking mediation on free will, feminism and inequality, Lessons in Chemistry is one of those rare page-turners that’s a joy to read while leaving the reader with much to contemplate. Great choice for an end-of-the-summer novel!