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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus sounds as if it might be funny, infuriating, and thought-provoking, all at the same time. And also as if it might hit close to home, given that the protagonist is the only woman on a chemistry research team in the 1960s, and even a decade later, in the late 1970s/early 1980s, I was often the only female engineer on a project. But I didn't go on to star in a TV show. Or foment rebellion among my fellow women, although I did try to be a mentor/role model.

Per its blurb, it won a bunch of awards, including Author of the Year at the British Book Awards and the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award. And it was a Book of the Year for an insane number of magazines, newspapers, shows and retailers.

And it's £0.99 right now at Kindle UK as part of today's Daily Deal. Sadly it's not matched at Kobo UK, at least as of now, where it's currently £2.99, which is still not too bad.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B099JC5HQK
Kobo UK (for price check): https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/lessons-in-chemistry-8

Spoiler:

Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.

But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality.

Forced to leave her job at the institute, she soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six.

But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.

She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.