Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus · first published 2022
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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
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…helped me understand myself, discover and overcome some of my traumas. Nonviolent communication: a language of life by Marshall Rosenberg - very good handbook for improving your communication skills. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - when I think of this book word "charming" comes to my mind.
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗…First Law Trilogy (Joe Abercrombie) * this encompasses three long books; however, I consider them one long epic novel 09. Mailman (Stephen Starring Grant) 10. Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver) 11. Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus) 12. Hench (Natalie Zina Walschots) 13. Personal Librarian (Marie Benedict) 14. In Cold Blood (Truman Capote) 15. Life We Bury (Allen Eskens) 16. Ordinary Grace (William Kent Krueger)…
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