Lessons in Chemistry -- Bonnie Garmus

<b><b>INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER - <i>GOOD MORNING AMERICA</i> BOOK CLUB PICK - A must-read debut! Meet Elizabeth Zott: a one-of-a-kind scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show</b><b> in this novel that is "irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>).</b> <p/><b>"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.... A page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and Zotty." --Maggie Shipstead, best-selling author of <i>Great Circle</i><br></b></b> <p/>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 <i>average</i> 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. <p/> 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 <i>Supper at Six</i>. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ("combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinc