Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month for March 2023
Winner of Waterstones Author of the Year 2022
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Debut Book of the Year
Shortlisted for The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2022
'Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here'- Elizabeth Zott
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. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely,brilliant,Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science,life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later,Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother,but 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.
Meet the unconventional,uncompromising Elizabeth Zott.
Read an extract from Lessons in Chemistry on the Waterstones Blog
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781804990926Number of pages: 400Weight: 280 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 25 mm
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'A delight of her rip-roaring,funny book is how it bonds familiar plot and character elements with the unexpectedly unconventional... a smart,funny,big-hearted debut combining chemical elements into what seems a winning formula.'- The Sunday Times
'A concept as unconventional as Zott herself,each page is bursting with wit,optimism and female empowerment. I've not enjoyed a book so much in ages: it's witty,sharp and full of life,with the very best canine character. An interesting insight into how far women have come,and how much is still left to do.'- Grazia
'Lessons in Chemistry is a breath of fresh air - a witty,propulsive,and refreshingly hopeful novel populated with singular characters. This book is an utter delight - wry,warm and compulsively readable'- Clare Lombardo,author of The Most Fun We Ever Had
'Original,fresh,tender,funny and warm. The story dances and swirls,captivating the reader from the first page. Elizabeth Zott is the most wonderful character. Just fantastic'- Sinead Moriarty
'A timeless book. Elizabeth Zott is an iconic heroine - a feminist who refuses to be quashed,a mother who believes that her child is a person to behold,rather than to mould,and who will leave you,and the lens through which you see the world,quite changed'- Pandora Sykes
'On par with Beth Harmon of The Queen's Gambit,Elizabeth Zott swept me away with her intellect,honesty,and unapologetic selfhood. Lessons in Chemistry is a story for all the smart girls who refuse to dumb themselves down despite a culture that demands otherwise. Though a creation of the 50s & 60s,Zott is a feminist icon for our time'- Rachel Yoder,author of Nightbitch
'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'- Elizabeth Day
'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'- Maggie Shipstead,author of Great Circle
'A transporting read,recommended for fans of Where'd You Go,Bernadette and The Marvellous Mrs Maisel'- Stylist Magazine,'Books you cannot miss in 2022'
Bonnie Garmus
Bonnie Garmus is an American author whose bestselling first novel Lessons in Chemistry was shortlisted for the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2022.
Visit the Bonnie Garmus author page
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