
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
Lessons In Chemistry is a hot book this summer, and politically timely as well. It’s about Elizabeth Zott, a chemist and mother living in California in the 1960s who faces repeated discrimination against women scientists and is forced to give up her job. Out of desperation, Zott agrees to helm an afternoon television program about cooking, where she achieves a degree of fame but still has to contend with the irrational ire of the male producer and station owner. Zott refuses to hew to societal expectations, working chemistry lessons into her cooking demonstrations and continuing to fight for equality and
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