Ebook: Summary of Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Elizabeth Zott is a chemist, not the typical female. The first to point out that there is no such thing is Elizabeth Zott, in fact.

But since her Hastings Research Institute staff is entirely male and it's the early 1960s, their perspective on equality is somewhat unscientific. With one exception: Calvin Evans, the misanthropic, bright, and Nobel Prize nominee who, ironically, falls in love with her mind. The outcomes of true chemistry.

Life is irrational, just like science. In light of this, Elizabeth Zott discovers herself to be a single mother a few years later and the reluctant star of Supper at Six, the nation's most adored cookery program.