I liked this book so much that I was reluctant to have it end, and that hasn't happened for awhile. Lessons in Chemistry seemed fresh, unusual and witty, and was so well-written that I could almost have started over to read it again.
Lessons in Chemistry shows us a female scientist ahead of her time. Elizabeth's colleagues don't take her seriously, except when they are stealing from her research results. Eventually, Elizabeth ends up in an unlikely career---hosting a very different cooking show in the early days of TV. Along the way, she experiences true love, raises a precocious daughter, exercises in an untraditional method, and makes many unlikely friends. And a mystery is also resolved at the end, about the parentage of Elizabeth's husband.
Elizabeth is a straightforward, likable, unique character, and she manages successfully through all the ups and downs that come her way. I enjoyed this book a lot, and hope you may also.
“A fun, feminist charmer, Bonnie Garmus’s novel Lessons in Chemistry follows singular single mother Elizabeth Zott, a brilliant chemist in a man’s world—1960s America—as she becomes an unlikely cooking-show host and the role model her daughter deserves.”
“Between the outrageous sexism and the bitter misfortune that thwart our heroine at every turn, this may not sound like a comic novel, but it is. Full of charm, energy and hope—and featuring a really great dog—it’s one to savor.”
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