Lessons in Chemistry -- Bonnie Garmus

<b>#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD - Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (<i>The Washington Post</i>) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. - STREAM ON APPLE TV+ <p/>This novel is "irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) and "witty, sometimes hilarious...the <i>Catch-22 </i>of early feminism" (Stephen King, via Twitter).</b><br><b><br>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek</i></b> <p/>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 <i>average</i> 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. <p/>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 <i>Supper at Six</i>. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ("combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride") proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, no