~ Trade Paperback

~ Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Novel - 2022, the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Award - 2022, and the Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for International Book - 2023 

~ New Release - 2022

A delight ideal for readers of Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Lessons in Chemistry is a blockbuster debut set in 1960s California, featuring the singular voice of Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a beloved TV cooking show . . . 

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. 

"Feminism is the catalyst that makes [this story] fizz like hydrochloric acid on limestone ... Beyond the entertaining subplots and witty dialogue is the hard truth that, in 1961, a smart, ambitious woman had limited options ... Lessons in Chemistry will make you wonder about all the real-life women born ahead of their time." -- The New York Times Book Review