AUTHOR CHAT with Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry

💬 Come join me & debut author Bonnie Garmus to experience this NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a “formidable, unapologetic and inspiring” (Parade) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat” (The New York Times Book Review).
👩‍🔬 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 as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes 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.
🧬 Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
Find out what Bonnie says about being B&N BOOK OF THE YEAR, US v UK covers, behind the scenes on these beloved characters, hear us talk nature v. nurture, Bonnie's inspirations, sexism, THE MOVIE: casting, training, involvement, etc, and of course SIX-THIRTY! Plus so much more including her book recommendations! Join us for an hour or smiles, laughs and serious discussion!

[@ascensionwalkies]

This was another of my fave books, that I read in 2023. Brilliant🤩

[@BrittniTauzin]

Great interview! I will be adding this book to my reading list.

[@lbtheloverofbooks]

It was my 2022 favorite!!!

[@disscavers]

love brie larson

[@peterparker01676]

Hello dear How are doing today?

[@margotbw4660]

Pencils are FORBIDDEN in labs .. you must always write in ink and only use a single strike through line to retract something. It's imperative that everything is recorded, for better or for worse. No erasing!!!

[@lbtheloverofbooks]

Thank you for sharing this! Did you enjoy the chat?

[@brear8233]

🌟 promosm

[@joanradford2718]

I was bored with the book. If you lived in the 60’s you know all this.

[@lbtheloverofbooks]

Good thing those of us who weren’t are getting to read about it now. Sad so many things haven’t changed even after so much time has passed.

[@rosalindmartin4469]

I was annoyed. I lived through the times and She dint🏋

[@dancingam]

The cover is a poor representation of this good novel

[@lbtheloverofbooks]

I love how Bonnie Garmus addresses this because the UK version is so different!