Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London with her husband and her dog, 99.When people reminisce about America’s “good old days,” they’re often envisioning the idyllic post-World War II period of the 1950s: between V-E Day and the beginning of the Vietnam War, a booming time of power and prosperity.

She's an open-water swimmer, a rower, and mother to two pretty amazing daughters. 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.īonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked widely in the fields of technology, medicine, and education. She's daring them to change the status quo. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking ('combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride') proves revolutionary. 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. True chemistry results.īut like science, life is unpredictable. Except for one: Calvin Evans the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with-of all things-her mind. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality.

In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. There will be a signing line after the event, during which Bonnie will personalize copies of Lessons in Chemistry that have been purchased at Changing Hands Bookstore.īonnie Garmus visits with her internationally bestselling debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry, a #1 New York Times bestseller and one of their 2022 Notable Books of the Year.Ĭhemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman.

Each ticket comes with one general admission seat and a signed copy of Lessons in Chemistry.

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