Lessons in Chemistry
- Author Bonnie Garmus
- Narrator Miranda Raison
- Publisher Transworld
- Run Time 11 hours and 57 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Feminism and feminist theory, Historical fiction, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Romance, Society and Social Sciences.
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What to expect
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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.
‘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
© Bonnie Garmus 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
The most charming, life-enhancing novel I’ve read in ages. A perfect delight. It’s about Elizabeth Zott, a scientist who accidentally becomes a TV cook in the early 1960s. Very strongly recommend
This triumphant feminist fable, wittily observed, is teeming with vivid comic set-pieces
Polished, funny, thought-provoking. Wearing its research lightly but confidently with sentences so stylishly turned it’s hard to believe it’s a debut … The real pleasure is in the dry wit of Garmus’s writing
Not only is Elizabeth an unforgettable character, so too are her adorable dog Six Thirty and daughter, Mad. This is a truly unique book with some great life lessons
A book that sparks joy with every page. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY is both funny and rousing: it had me laughing one minute and air-punching the next. Bonnie Garmus has created an unforgettable heroine
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. Lessons in Chemistry is a page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and Zotty
Full of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real people. This is a book that everyone will be talking about
I haven’t loved a character as much as the hero of this joyful, warm debut in a very long time
Absolutely unputdownable. I completely loved it
A transporting read, recommended for fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
User Reviews
starting with the incredibly white feminism the portrayal of every character as absolutely hateful without any redeeming qualities except of the main character and her friends who are infalluable. the graphic sexual assaults (yes plural), the hate on faith/religion, the absolute butchery of science, and so much more. also the character talks about socialism on 1960 tv. i mean srsly?
just BAD!
100% recommend and the narration was excellently done!
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