Lessons in Chemistry Book Review


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Mallory Brooke

Lessons in Chemistry Book Review

A riveting story about sexism in science

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 dazzling story about one woman’s fight against misogyny.

Mallory Brooke was supposed to get married on the largest cruise ship in the world . . . that is, until her future husband was kicked off the boat, leaving Mallory stranded seven nights at sea with both families. Hilarity ensues along with plenty of drama in this vulnerable true story that has been seven years in the making.


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Mallory Brooke