Lessons in Chemistry

        偽裝成烹飪節目的化學課？
        化學家出身的奇女子，將用自己的力量對抗這個不公的世界
 
        Elizabeth Zott不是一般的女子，又或者，對Elizabeth Zott而言，這世界也沒有所謂的「一般的女子」。這話放在現在來說挺政治正確，不怎麼特別，但Elizabeth活在1960年代，身為公司實驗室裡唯一的女性，面對著號稱理性思考的學者們，承受最不理性的性別歧視。好在，還是有人能理解Elizabeth，這位獲得諾貝爾提名的天才化學學者Calvin，也成為了她此生的摯愛，以及肚子裡孩子的父親。
 
        然而人生和科學一樣，結果總是變化莫測。幾年後Elizabeth竟變成了單親媽媽，也因實驗室裡的不平等對待、性騷擾案件和醜聞疑雲，她被迫離開心愛的工作崗位，還誤打誤撞在朋友的幫助下，成為了美國婦女心中熱愛的烹飪節目主持人。以化學角度切入烹飪料理，新奇的觀點讓她迅速竄紅，同時她在節目中的形象，似乎也慢慢地喚起女人們心中那股自立自強的力量，但也因此成為他人的眼中釘…
 
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This novel is ＂irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel＂ (The New York Times Book Review) and ＂witty, sometimes hilarious...the Catch-22 of early feminism＂ (Stephen King, via Twitter).

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Chemist 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 early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with--of all things--her mind. True chemistry results.

But like science, life is unpredictable. 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. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (＂combine one tablespoon 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 Zott isn’t just teaching women to cook. She’s daring them 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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