#Bookreview: Lessons in Chemistry is laugh-out-loud funny and fiercely feminist
As long as you don't over analyse the plot, you will very likely enjoy the ride.
“Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus is a brilliantly fun, albeit flawed, addictive read.
This one is bound to be a Book Club favourite, because who doesn’t love a gorgeous, strong female lead with brains and sass?
It tells the story of Elizabeth Zott, who’s dream of becoming a renowned chemist is repeatedly derailed by chauvinist males who are threatened by her brains and assume a women’s only place in 1950s Southern California, is in the home.
After being fired as a chemist (because the scandal of an unmarried pregnant woman is too much for the company to handle), she ironically becomes a wildly popoular cooking show host.
Much to her presenter’s distress, she teaches cooking the way she would teach chemistry, and her audience loves her for it.
She treats women as capable and intelligent, giving real value to the work of housekeeping and cooking.
Throw in an quirky love story, a rescued family pet and Matilda-like child, and you have all the ingredients for a feel-good women’s lit story.
The writing is wonderfully humorous. Although the details are a little absurd, as long as you don’t over analyse the plot, you will likely enjoy the ride.
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