Enough to infuriate ANY contemporary reader. Set in the early 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a society deeming that women belong in the domestic. Unjust assumptions and blatant discrimination.

There are limited opportunities for women. And true to post World War II America, society has a rigid double standard. Smart, funny, joyous and powerful, Garmus 60s set debut featuring an unconventional female scientist with a quiet game-plan to change the world has won the. Both Elizabeth and Calvin have known tragedy in their backgrounds and experience more in this book. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, however, is also a love story - when Elizabeth winds up working in the same facility where the internationally renowned scientist Calvin Evans works.ĭon’t imagine this bestseller is all fluff, though. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus is published with DoubleDay (Transworld). And instead of working, I felt like this. A brilliant chemist pitted against the male dominated world of scientific research. I always felt like when I sat down to write 'Lessons In Chemistry,' it was because I had had a very bad day at work. With lots of humor and irony (and the surprising wisdom of a SUPER smart dog), author Bonnie Garmus slowly unfolds the world of Elizabeth Zott. Lessons in Chemistry (2022) is a bestselling novel by Bonnie Garmus about womens lives, careers, and struggle for empowerment in the late 50s and early 60s. Then, drop this woman anywhere in 1950s America. Lessons in Chemistry is a very clever novel about a woman’s struggle in an age of inequality, to be seen as an equal. And she is not limited by any societal expectations that her ONLY goal in life should be marriage, housework, and motherhood. She expects to be paid what her male colleagues are paid. She expects to get into the best schools. It just proves that age doesn’t matter,' she said in an interview. 'I feel great about having reached this goal now, at this age. Imagine a smart, honest, and capable woman with today’s feminist sensibilities. Lessons in Chemistry is Garmus's debut novel, at age 65. Here’s the best way I can describe this book:

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