Dimensionality is a weird thing. It might not even be a word. The dimensions of the characters in this book are so flat you could put them in a frame. Hang them on a wall.

This book is gonna make a lot of money.

I want to thank Doubleday Books and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review Lessons in Chemistry, the debut novel by Bonnie Garmus.
“I’m Elizabeth Zott,” she said calmly, withdrawing a freshly sharpened fourteen-inch chef’s knife. But she wasn’t sure he heard. He’d fainted dead away.”
Don’t ignore this book because of the title. Chemistry is just the vehicle. Stealing beakers is how Elizabeth and Calvin meet.
Sex discrimination changes Elizabeth’s life.
Ms Gamus’s characters are so well defined. One of the most interesting is the stray dog, Six-Thirty who just happens to arrive at six-thirty. Mad, her daughter, gets her name when the maternity nurse asks what the baby’s name will be. All she hears is mad, mad reflecting how Elizabeth feels!
How does Elizabeth become part of an eight man crew? Why does her kitchen turn into a laboratory?
You’ll laugh, maybe even cry a little bit. Lessons in Chemistry will hold your interest.
This book publishes 04/05/2022.

I absolutely loved Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus. Not only is this novel engaging, with terrific characters, but the story itself is just wonderful. I have already recommended Lessons in Chemistry to my book club group and to everyone who will stop to listen for 5 minutes. This is a novel with love, grief, subtle humor, and on some occasions, laugh-out-loud hilarity. The dog is perfection, and while the author does not note the breed, I have decided that the dog is a terrier, specifically an Airedale. I could not put this novel down. It was that wonderful, and what an engaging surprise from a first-time novelist. I will be anxiously awaiting a next novel.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and to Netgalley for providing this ARC. 5 VERY Large Stars!