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Chargement... Lessons in Chemistry (original 2022; édition 2022)par Bonnie Garmus (Autor)
Information sur l'oeuvreLessons in Chemistry par Bonnie Garmus (2022)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Lessons in Chemistry is a timely lesson in dealing with the indignation of injustice. Through Elizabeth’s eccentric story—where half the time you’re incensed on her behalf as a female scientist in the 1950s and ‘60s and the other half you’re laughing at the dark, deadpan humor—we learn how to deal with broken systems without becoming broken victims. It’s really a beautiful, zany story about life: challenge and change and courage and chemistry. This book is everything. Reading it felt like an amalgamation of watching a Wes Anderson film and reading Fredrik Backman’s “Anxious People,” while also being completely original and organic. I laughed; I cried; I felt a gamut of emotions: caustic ire, sorrow, protectiveness, joy, hope. It’s all here—all the properties needed for the best kind of chemical reaction: a perfect read. Here’s just a sampling of what I loved: Read on audio. A very popular book that was getting all the buzz in the last year, as well as a series on Apple. Set in the late 50's, Elizabeth Zott is a highly intelligent woman, who has to deal with the misogyny of the times. She's expelled from a doctoral program because she was a victim of assault by her advisor, she gets a lab tech job, but when her famous chemist boyfriend passes away, she's fired as being because she's going to be an unwed mother. Through circumstances she becomes a famous host of a cooking show, despite all the push backs of her male superiors. And in the end, because it makes perfect sense 😁, she leaves her cooking show to go back triumphantly to her life as a research chemist and all is figuratively right with the world. A very good read. This is an historical fiction set in the 1950s and 1960s by American author Bonnie Garmus. It is a quirky feminist story featuring scientist Elizabeth Zott who despite her brilliance struggles to make her way in a man’s world. I enjoyed the geeky romance with fellow scientist Calvin Evans and then the parts narrated by their adorable and worldly-wise dog Six-thirty. When her career in science is sabotaged by creepy misogynist bosses, Elizabeth is forced to accept a job as a television cooking show host. The only problem is she and the producers have vastly different ideas about what that entails. The show had envisioned a feminine cooking hour catering to their idea of stereotypical 1950s housewives. Elizabeth Zott sees it very differently. She is a scientist; to her cooking is merely chemistry and she sees no reason at all that housewives would not wish to further their knowledge of science. It turns out she is right and the show is a runaway success despite the power-plays and attempts at control by the patriarchy. This was a light enjoyable read for me. There were moments of humour, there were also a few scenes dealing with sexual assault, in keeping with the theme of feminism and misogyny. Her daughter seemed unrealistically old for her age and things ended very neatly, but this was an entertaining story and the audio narration by Miranda Raison was well done. 4stars aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I had some difficulty warming to Elizabeth as I found her to be too obtuse and stubborn in how she presented herself and perhaps too exceptional to be relatable. In her constant bid to use the power of science to bring about changes she had the tendency to plow over everyone. The story became quite repetitive and I was constantly hoping to see the discrimination and sexual abuse addressed a little more seriously than it was.
On the other hand, Lessons in Chemistry is very witty and intelligent. It paints an interesting picture of the early days of affirmative action when societal norms desperately needed an overhaul. The author also wisely supplies some very endearing secondary characters like Calvin, Harriet, Madeline and especially the lovable dog, Six-Thirty. So mixed reaction but overall an absorbing and interesting read. ( )