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Lessons in Chemistry

OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

Meet Elizabeth Zott. Scientist. Trailblazer. Rule-breaker.

The multi-award-winning international bestseller.


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There is no such thing as an average woman. Especially not Elizabeth Zott.

It's the early 1960s, and Elizabeth is a brilliant chemist working in a world that believes science is a man's job.

At Hastings Research Institute, the only colleague who truly recognises her extraordinary mind is Calvin Evans, a brilliant, Nobel Prize-nominated chemist. But life has other plans.

When Elizabeth becomes the reluctant star of America's most popular cooking show, Supper at Six, she refuses to tell women simply how to cook. Instead, she teaches them to question the rules, trust themselves and change their lives.

As millions tune in, Elizabeth is no longer demonstrating recipes. She is challenging the status quo, one molecule at a time.

Perfect for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Wedding People - an unforgettable novel about love, resilience and the courage to rewrite the rules

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A New York Times Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Reader's Pick

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Debut Novel

Winner of the Books Are My Bag Reader's Choice Award

British Book Awards Author of the Year

Waterstones Author of the Year


Readers love Lessons in Chemistry:

'Everyone needs to read this.'

'The best book I have read this year. Funny, warm and utterly unique.'

'Funny, honest and heart-wrenching. I was hooked until the very end.'


More praise for Lessons in Chemistry:

'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage.' Rachel Joyce

'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' Nigella Lawson

'Witty and sometimes hilarious... the Catch-22 of early feminism.' Stephen King

About Bonnie Garmus

BONNIE GARMUS is the author of Lessons in Chemistry, a number-one global bestseller and winner of several national and international awards, including Barnes & Noble’s Book of the Year, Hay Festival’s Book of the Year, Goodreads Choice Award Debut of the Year, British Book Awards Author of the Year, Waterstones Author of the Year, Books are My Bag Author of the Year Award and Readers’ Choice Award, Germany and Australia’s Booksellers Book of the Year, and many more. It was on the New York Times, Sunday Times and Der Spiegel bestseller lists for nearly two years. Currently published in over forty-two territories, it has sold over eight million copies. Her new novel, PECK AND PECK, will be published in hardback this autumn.
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Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804990926
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 128mm
  • Weight: 284g
  • Price: £9.99