Bonnie Garmus

"Set in 1960s California, this blockbuster debut is the hilarious, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose career is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the home, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved TV cooking show. 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...

Elizabeth Zott jest chemiczką i kobietą daleką od przeciętności. Byłaby zresztą gotowa jako pierwsza wytknąć rozmówcy, że coś takiego jak "przeciętna kobieta" nie istnieje. Ale jest połowa lat 50. i jej koledzy z całkowicie męskoosobowego zespołu naukowców w Instytucie Badawczym Hastings prezentują bardzo nienaukowe podejście do kwestii równouprawnienia płci. Wszyscy z wyjątkiem jednego: to Calvin Evans, nominowany do Nagrody...

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,...

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