Sunaina Luthra ON Feb 21, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie – Fiction
Rating: 5/5
‘Change is the root cause of courage, and courage naturally comes to us during adversity.
The thought makes me ponder!!
It is this courage that made some of the pioneer women wage a scrimmage against a society plagued with irrefutable subservience, unbridled plagiarism and unrelenting gender biasness.
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ is a story of a common woman, Elizabeth Zott—a single and an independent mother, she is a star host of a popular cookery show ‘Supper at six’. Her career founders as she dares to liberate herself from male idiosyncrasies. Her show is not only delves into the intricate aspects of cooking but also empowers women by encouraging them to stand for themselves. As a research scientist, she is reprimanded for her independence and single-mindness. With life embroiled in cascade of disappointments, her spirits soar when Calvin Evans enters her life. Elizabeth’s life blossoms as he is the first person to corroborate her through process and meaning to her entire vision of life. Though, the association is ephemeral with untimely death of Calvin.
‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by Bonnie Garmus is an inspiring story that stems from her real- life work experience —how misogyny makes a woman’s life a dried petal and the obnoxious despicable acts of sexual abuse at work a rough feather—aren’t these challenges a perfidy to her existence?
Who does not want to breathe?
Every woman wants to breathe and let not the emphysema of her bare insecurities reveal her insanity. Elizabeth cuts the corner stone to thwart the traditions and rules that hamper her progress to achieve the conceivable.
TAKE AWAY
Sometimes in ordinary lies the extraordinary!!
There are innumerable books that conspicuously talk about female empowerment. The book ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ is a simple and a poignant story with an important message penned in a sublime way. It highlights the importance of women possessing equal rights as men, emphasizing equality over special rights.
A loud shout to all the women out there from Elizabeth Zott
‘Do not settle for anything less than you deserve’