Lessons in Chemistry

The global phenomenon with over 7 million copies sold worldwide—3.6 million in the US alone—now in paperback.

New York Times bestseller • Good Morning America book club pick

BOOK SUMMARY

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. When she finds herself unwed and pregnant, she’s forced out, reluctantly taking a job as the host of the TV cooking show Supper at Six.

But Elizabeth has no intention of sticking to the recipe. Instead, she teaches women what they’re really made of – at the molecular level. And in doing so, dares them to change the status quo.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked widely in the fields of technology, medicine, and education. She's an open-water swimmer, a rower, and mother to two pretty amazing daughters. Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London with her husband and her dog, 99.

PRAISE

"In Garmus's debut novel, a frustrated chemist finds herself at the helm of a cooking show that sparks a revolution. Welcome to the 1960s, where a woman's arsenal of tools was often limited to the kitchen—and where Elizabeth Zott is hellbent on overturning the status quo one meal at a time." —The New York Times

"Strikingly relevant.... Darkly funny and poignant...Lessons in Chemistry's excellent experiment [is] quirky and heartwarming." —The Atlantic

"The most delightful novel I read this year—fresh and surprising—was Lessons in Chemistry: a fish-out-of-water story about a feminist hero who never stops pushing for what's right. (I laughed out loud!)" —Philip Galanes, The New York Times

PRODUCT INFORMATION

• Paperback
• 400 Pages
• Fiction / Feminist
• 8 in H | 5.2 in W | 0.8 in T | 0.7 lb