Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

Written by Bonnie Garmus
Read by Miranda Raison, Bonnie Garmus, Pandora Sykes
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

· Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
· Release date: 04-05-22
· Publisher: Random House Audio

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.

“Miranda Raison delivers a zestful performance of Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel. Set in the 1950s and early ’60s, the story explores the pre-feminist spheres of science and television through the career and family experiences of Elizabeth Zott. Raison crisply voices Zott, a no-nonsense chemist who has been antagonized and victimized by men all her life. Portrayals of supporting characters, such as Zott’s paramour, Calvin Evans; neighbor Harriet Sloane, and TV producer Walter Pine, are exquisite counterpoints to the headstrong chemist. When Zott becomes famous as the host of a cooking show for housewives, Raison’s pinpoint narration places the listener in the front row of the studio audience. The production includes a delightful interview with the author by Pandora Sykes.”…. � AudioFile