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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - GMA BOOK CLUB PICK - Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. - STREAM ON APPLE TV+ This novel is "irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel" (The New York Times Book Review) and "witty, sometimes hilarious...the Catch-22 of early feminism" (Stephen King, via Twitter). A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, Oprah Daily, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek
Meet Elizabeth Zott: a "formidable, unapologetic and inspiring" (PARADE) scientist in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show in this novel that is "irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel. It reminds you that change takes time and always requires heat" (The New York Times Book Review). 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, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
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Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
«De vez en cuando aparece una primera novela en medio de una ráfaga de exageraciones y grandes acuerdos televisivos, y antes del primer capítulo lanzas un puño al aire porque, por una vez, todo está completamente justificado. Una historia pulida, divertida y que invita a la reflexión. Escrita con tan buen pulso narrativo y frases tan elegantes que cuesta creer que se trate de un debut.» --The Observer
«Una trama muy bien hilvanada, diálogos vibrantes e irónico sentido del humor. Una historia absorbente con villanos odiosos y tipos adorables. Una escritura brillante que es una bocanada de aire fresco.» --Sunday Express
«Una voz firme, una heroína inolvidable e historias de amor verosímiles. [...] Garmus logra encantar al lector creando un conjunto indeleble de personajes obstinados e idiosincrásicos.» --The Washington Post
«Original y refrescante, Elizabeth Zott es uno de esos personajes singulares e imborrables que tanto cuesta hallar en la ficción. [...] Una novela ingeniosa y oscura, que es un recordatorio de cuánto tiene que cambiar el mundo en aras de la verdadera igualdad.» --Press Association
«Nunca conocerás a un personaje más inquebrantable que Elizabeth Zott. Un libro único con grandes lecciones de vida.» --Woman
«Un triunfo.» --Daily Mail
«Una fábula feminista triunfadora.» --The Telegraph
«Una serie de hilos trenzados de forma maravillosa. [...] Un excelente experimento, peculiar y alentador.» --The Atlantic
«Uno de los libros más buscados y comentados del año.» --Vogue Italia
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