Traducción de: Lecciones de química.

Translation of: Lessons in chemistry.

Estamos in 1952, y Elizabeth Zott es una joven química que trabaja en el Instituto de Investigación Hastings en California, un ambiente ferozmente machista donde su innegable talento es silenciado, saboteado o utilizado para el prestigio de los demás. Pese a las dificultades, Elizabeth no renuncia a sus principios y está dispuesta a plantar cara. Sólo hay un hombre que admira su determinación: el solitario, brillante y huraño Calvin Evans, nominado al Premio Novel y enamorado, por encima de todo, de la mente de ella. Pero la vida, como la ciencia, no siempre sigue un camino recto, de ahí que Elizabeth se haya convertido, pocos años después, en madre soltera y presentadora de telvisión de un exitoso programa de cocina. Su inusual propuesta de aplicar sus conocimientos de química a la comida -- combinar una cucharada de ácido acético con una pizca de cloruro de sodio -- resulta revolucionaria; sin embargo, a medida que su popularidad aumenta lo hacen también sus enemigos, porque Elizabeth no sólo está enseñando a las mujeres a cocinar, sino también desafiándolas a cambiar el orden establecido.

"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 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, 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 run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans (well, she stole his beakers). 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 tenacious. 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 most beloved cooking show Supper at Six. Elizabeth's singular approach to cooking ('take one pint of H2O and add a pinch of sodium chloride') and independent example are proving revolutionary. Because Elizabeth isn't just teaching women how to cook, she's teaching them how to change the status quo. Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, 'Lessons in Chemistry' is as original and vibrant as its protagonist."-- Provided by Doubleday.

En español, traducido del inglés.

In Spanish, translated from English.