The plot runs from the early 1950s through the 1960s, but we begin in the middle at 1961 as Elizabeth Zott is packing her five-year-old daughter’s lunch box and slipping a note in with it. The title promises chemistry, and having a scientific background, I was bound to read it, and crossed my fingers for some real (but accessible) science, not just sexual chemistry: and yes, we get both! What’s more Garmus has published her debut novel at the age of 64 pouring a lifetime’s experience into her book. This is the case with Lessons in Chemistry. Sometimes the hype is true, and a publisher’s lead-title for the season really is worth the advance praise heaped on it.
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