an outstanding research chemist extremely self-confident and insensitive to social conventions" (The Washington Post) in the 1960s California who's career takes a turn when she becomes the unwelcome protagonist of a popular TV cook-show. * The APPLE TV+ series is coming in the coming year. This novel is "irresistible as well as satisfying and full of inspiration" (The The New York Times Book Review) and "witty occasionally hilarious...the dilemma of early feminism" (Stephen King through Twitter).

A TOP book of the year: The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek

The Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your typical woman. Actually, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to say that there's no normal woman. It's the 1960s and her team of all males of the Hastings Research Institute takes a rather unscientific perspective of equality. There's only one exception: Calvin Evans; the lonely brilliant, brilliant Nobel prize-nominated grudge-holder who is in love with everything, including her mind. Chemistry is the real thing.

However, just like the world of science, life can be unpredictable. That's why, after a few years Elizabeth Zott finds herself not just a single mom as well as the unintentional host of the nation's most loved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth's unique method of cook ("combine one tablespoon acetic acids with one teaspoon of sodium chloride") is revolutionary. However, as her fan base increases but not everyone is pleased. Since, as it is revealed, Elizabeth Zott isn't just instructing women on how to cook. She's challenging them to alter the way they do things.

Funny and shrewdly insightful and brimming with an impressive collection of characters supporting it, Lessons in Chemistry is as unique and exciting as its main character.