Genre Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF
NPR’s BEST BOOKS OF 2022 A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a
one-of-a-kind 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. It reminds you
that change takes time and always requires heat” (The New York Times Book
Review).“It’s the world versus Elizabeth Zott, an extraordinary woman
determined to live on her own terms, and I had no trouble choosing a
side…. A page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and
Zotty.” —Maggie Shipstead, best-selling author of Great CircleChemist
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 grows, not everyone is happy.
Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook.
She’s daring them to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly
observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters,
Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. Read more

 

Genre Literary Fiction