Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it is the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality.
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Except for Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with Elizabeth's mind. The result is true chemistry!
However, like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth finds herself not only a single mother but the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six.
Her unusual approach to cooking ("combine one tablespoon of 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 isn't just teaching women to cook: she's daring them to change the status quo.
Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday RRP $32.99).
