Lessons in Chemistry
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take 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.
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.
Review:
Really liked the book, was such an easy read in terms of the writing. The subject matter and situations in some instances throughout the book had me grinding my teeth on the MC's behalf. Really makes me feel such appreciation for all the women that have gone before me in getting us basic human rights in todays age. But I'm also aware even the basic rights that we do have in my country are not recognised in some countries for women!Makes me also realise that some men are just born degenerate's and regardless of laws in whatever era, basic human decency should be afforded to everybody. It shouldn't take laws like sexual harassment to be created, for a man to realise that no one has the right to touch anyone's body without permission, and this should be for all men and women.
As humans, we need to change and we need to teach our children basic things like respect for all people, regardless of gender or race.
Anyway, rant over.
I did find Elizabeth to be a touch on the naïve side though, even for back then and she did let the men kind of walk all over her without really standing up for herself, which I thought she could have done multiple times over.
The ending I felt was a bit rushed as well. It tidied it up in a nice way but could've had more to it in terms of other characters reacting to the reveal at the end and not just Elizabeth Zott.
Overall though, thoroughly an enjoyable read.