Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:2nd Mar '23

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Lessons in Chemistry cover

THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson

A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon, Books Are My Bag, and many more!

'The most charming, life-enhancing novel’ Sunday Times
'Funny, thought-provoking and stylish' Guardian
‘The best book I've read recently. I loved it’ - SARA COX, BBC 2 Between the Covers
‘Everyone needs to read this’ 5-star reader review
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A woman ahead of her time.
But exactly right for ours


Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she 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. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind.

Like science, life is unpredictable. Forced to leave her job at the institute, Elizabeth Zott soon finds herself 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. One molecule at a time.
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A New York Times ‘Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century’ Reader's Pick

Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
Author of the Year, Waterstones
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award


PRAISE FOR LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY:

'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God

‘Full of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real people’ Red Magazine

Page-turning...

Witty, sometimes hilarious, angry, and often surreal. It's the CATCH-22 of early feminism. * STEPHEN KING *
A beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. Sparkling with charm, heart and wonderfully wicked wit. I adored it * CHRIS WHITAKER *

ISBN: 9781804990926

Dimensions: 196mm x 127mm x 26mm

Weight: 274g

400 pages