Lessons in Chemistry

#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD ΓÇó Meet Elizabeth Zott: ΓÇ£a gifted research chemist,absurdly self-assured and immune to social conventionΓÇ¥ (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. ΓÇó STREAM ON APPLE TV+ This novel is ΓÇ£irresistiblesatisfying and full of fuelΓÇ¥ (The New York Times Book Review) and ΓÇ£wittysometimes hilarious…the Catch-22 of early feminismΓÇ¥ (Stephen Kingvia Twitter). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York TimesWashington PostNPROprah DailyEntertainment WeeklyNewsweek Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In factElizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But itΓÇÖs 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 lonelybrilliantNobelΓÇôprize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love withΓÇöof all thingsΓÇöher mind. True chemistry results. But like sciencelife is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single motherbut the reluctant star of AmericaΓÇÖs most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. ElizabethΓÇÖs unusual approach to cooking (ΓÇ£combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chlorideΓÇ¥) proves revolutionary. But as her following growsnot everyone is happy. Because as it turns outElizabeth Zott isnΓÇÖt just teaching women to cook. SheΓÇÖs daring them to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funnyshrewdly observantand studded with a dazzling cast of supporting charactersLessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.