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Lessons in chemistry

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"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. 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 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well, she stole his beakers). The only man who ever treated her - and her ideas - as equal, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. He's also awkward, kind and tenacious. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed, single mother (did we mention it's the early 60s??) and the star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to cooking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and independent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook, she's teaching them how 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"--

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  • 70 of 121 copies available at Westchester Library System.

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15 current holds with 121 total copies.

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Ardsley Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31000151312793
Checked out
05/03/2025
Ardsley Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Available In Storage
31000151316158
Checked out
05/03/2025
Bedford Free Library FIC GAR (Text)
Fiction
31002150875150
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Bedford Free Library FIC GAR (Text)
Fiction
31002150885803
Checked out
04/09/2025
Bedford Hills Free Library GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31003151437859
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Bedford Hills Free Library GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31003151631675
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31036150961008
Checked out
03/31/2025
Briarcliff Manor Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31036151001473
Checked out
04/14/2025
Bronxville Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31004151835720
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Bronxville Public Library FICTION GARMUS (Text)
Fiction
31004151859100
Checked out
04/14/2025
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