Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Lessons in chemistry / Bonnie Garmus.

Garmus, Bonnie, (author.).

Summary:

"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. 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 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well, she stole his beakers.) The only man who ever treated her-and her ideas-as equal, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. He's also awkward, kind and tenacious. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed, single mother (did we mention it's the early 60s??) and the star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to cooking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and independent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook, she's teaching them how to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385547345
  • ISBN: 038554734X
  • ISBN: 9780593314487
  • ISBN: 0593314484
  • ISBN: 9780385549400
  • Physical Description: 390 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
"Good Morning America Book Club: a GMA Book Club pick!"--Cover.
Subject: Television cooking shows > Fiction.
Women scientists > Fiction.
Nineteen sixties > Fiction.
Single mothers > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Sexism > Fiction.
Gender roles.
Sexism.
California > Fiction.
Genre: Humorous fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 157 of 278 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 8 of 18 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 43 current holds with 278 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018556704 Adult Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018556712 Adult Fiction Checked out 11/04/2024
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018621508 Adult Fiction Checked out 11/09/2024
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018621516 Adult Fiction Checked out 11/19/2024
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018629972 Adult Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018756932 Book Club Available -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018756940 Book Club Available -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018756957 Book Club Available -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018756965 Book Club In transit -
Statesville Main Library F GARMUS (Text) 33114018756973 Book Club On holds shelf -

Loading Recommendations...

You are now browsing Iredell County Public Library


Go to record One step too far : a novel
F GARDNER
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Still see you everywhere
F GARDNER
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Sunday kind of love
F GARLOCK
Statesville Main Library
Go to record The nearness of you
F GARLOCK
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Lessons in chemistry
F GARMUS
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Lecciones de química
F GARMUS
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Like a sister
F GARRETT
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Missing white woman
F GARRETT
Statesville Main Library
Go to record Promised
F GARRIOTT
Statesville Main Library