Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus
Your ability to change everything – including yourself – starts here.
Elizabeth Zott, chemist, is unemployable in 1960s America — so she ends up teaching the nation chemistry through a cooking show. Bonnie Garmus's runaway bestseller is funny, furious and impossible not to press on people.
‘I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!’ – Nigella Lawson
‘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
‘It’s the world versus Elizabeth Zott, and I had no trouble choosing a side. A page-turning and highly satisfying tale: zippy, zesty, and Zotty’ – Maggie Shipstead
‘Sparky, rip-roaring, funny, with big-hearted fully formed, loveable characters’ – Sunday Times
‘The most charming, life-enhancing novel I’ve read in ages. Strongly recommend’ – India Knight
‘Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage’ – Rachel Joyce
‘A novel that sparks joy with every page’ – Elizabeth Day