The Novel Views Book Club will me et in Meeting Room A\, located on the lower level of the library. \;
\n"Set in 1960s California\, this blockbuster debut is the h ilarious\, idiosyncratic and uplifting story of a female scientist whose c areer is constantly derailed by the idea that a woman's place is in the ho me\, only to find herself starring as the host of America's most beloved T V cooking show. Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact Elizabet h Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an a verage woman. But it's the 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scient ist\, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her on the road to professional fulfillment is a r un-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well\, she stole his bea kers). The only man who ever treated her--and her ideas--as equal\, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. He's also awkward\, kind and tenac ious. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions\, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed\, single mother (did we mention it's the early 60s??) and the star of America's mo st beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to co oking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and inde pendent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just te aching women how to cook\, she's teaching them how to change the status qu o." -- MCPL Catalogue.
\nPrint copies may be available at the German town Library after October 9\, 2024.
\nAvailable on Overdrive/Libby as an eBook: https:// mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/6384649 \;and as an Audio ebook: https://mcplmd.overdrive.co m/media/6397003
\nAnd on Libby as an eBook: \; https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/demon-copperhead-barbara-kingsolve r/14838994 \;and as an eAudio eBook: https://www.hoopladigital.com /audiobook/demon-copperhead-barbara-kingsolver/14815742
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