I liked reading about Elizabeth’s journey and what she is able to overcome is inspiring. I do think the cover, while cute, is a bit misleading in some ways. Including a couple scenes that deserve a trigger warning, which I did not anticipate. While the story is quirky and the writing is clever and humorous at parts, there are some serious topics addressed. Elizabeth shows her vulnerable side only on rare occasions. She’s very intelligent and tired of dealing with other people’s bad behavior.

She’s extremely serious and to the point. I don’t think I’ve ever read one quite like her before. Elizabeth’s StoryĮlizabeth is such an engaging protagonist. And while she takes cooking very seriously, she also embarks plenty of lessons to her mostly female audience. Through an extraordinary set of events, she ends up becoming the host of a TV cooking show. Everything changes for Elizabeth when the most unlikely event happens-she falls in love with a fellow scientist, Calvin.īut as life is unpredictable, Elizabeth eventually finds herself as a single mother and without a job. All she wants to do is work on her scientific research but the patriarchy keeps standing in her way. Plenty of misogyny and people doubting her skills. Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott: a one-of-a-kind scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show.Įlizabeth has dealt with it all. I actually felt the story really took off when the TV cooking show part began. But I will say it did take me a bit to get into the story.

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