Why did I love this book?
Elizabeth Zott is not your average scientist: she’s a woman in a man’s world, and struggles with the limited vision of those around her. When her academic career is stymied by her jealous peers and the love of her life is killed in a freak accident, Zott ends up teaching cooking on prime-time TV.
However, she doesn’t just teach cooking but the science behind it, causing chaos as she encourages her viewers to think for themselves.
This was such an original novel with an outstanding narrative voice (you’ll always remember Six Thirty the dog!)
There are so many real issues for women highlighted in this engaging mother-daughter story, and all details are recorded with an amused and acerbic eye. Wonderful.
71 authors picked Lessons in Chemistry as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: a “formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (PARADE) 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).
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, GoodReads
"A unique heroine ... you'll find yourself wishing she wasn’t fictional." —Seattle Times…