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Lessons in Chemistry

Written by: Bonnie Garmus
Narrated by: Miranda Raison
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Brought to you by Penguin.

INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH PANDORA SYKES

Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here

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.

But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation.

Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.

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Critic Reviews

‘Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage’ RACHEL JOYCE

'A novel that sparks joy with every page' ELIZABETH DAY

'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' NIGELLA LAWSON
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Absolutely loved the book. Bonnie Garmus keeps you on your toes with her witty dialogues and constantly moving pace. What I loved was the credible characterisation, the well-researched subject - chemistry & cooking -whoa! - and of course a tightly knitted plot. Loved the issues addressed here with boldness and grit and with so much passion.
5 stars also go to the narrator - she has taken the book a notch higher and made it great for audible.

What a delightful read/listen

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Loved this book. This is my first audible. The Narrator, Miranda was exceptionally well which made the book even more interesting. Loved Bonnie Garmus writing.

Brilliant

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Chemistry, Romance, Calvin, Sloans, Rowing, 6:30, Walter Pine, Mads, Elizabeth Zott🤩, Supper at 6.... absolutely unputdownable read. Bonnie Garmus, sure has become my favourite author💕💕

Mind-blowing read!!

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Very inspiring, hard-hitting stuff. Every time I feel limited as a woman, a mother, and a scientist, I'm going to think about all the women in this book and remind myself that we live in much better times. Was hooked onto it until the very end. Prepare to forego a lot of sleep 🙂

Unforgettable!

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Elizabeth Zott is an intelligent, quirky chemist who doesn't believe in God, teaches English to her dog, cooks marvelous food, raises a child born out of wedlock and is the only female rower in her town - in the 1960s. It might seem like a hard pill to swallow, but that's our heroine. Zott is a modern woman born in the wrong decade. She doesn't believe in taking the husband's name after marriage and champions for equal opportunity in all phases of life. I'm very eagerly waiting for Brie Larson to play Zott!

After several believable sexist injustices in her field of Chemistry, she lands up as a TV host of a cooking show. She gains fame for her bold feminist views and the way she talks about food using scientific names like acetic acid for vinegar and sodium chloride for salt.

One of my favorite dialogues - "When women understand how chemistry works, they understand how things work - the real rules that govern the physical world, and the false limits that have been created for them."

My favorite character of the book is the dog by a long shot. Six-thirty will remain with me for a long time.

I actually didn't feel like going back to the book after the first few chapters because there's a horrific sexual assault which was very jarring since I didn't expect it, especially so early in the book.

Every rose has its thorn, and my thorn in this book was her take on vegetarianism. An audience member tells Zott she doesn't eat meat for moral reasons and asks her views on it. Zott gives the most ridiculous reasoning of "plants can feel pain too". I'm not sure how a scientific woman could answer that. Was this bit added by the author to make Zott flawed? Or was it because the "plants don't have a nervous system" discovery wasn't made in the 60s? This part could easily have been omitted as it didn't add anything to the plot, so I'm very puzzled as to why it was included.

Liked the bold, feminist views!

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