After months of seeing LIC all over bookstagram and after it won best debut novel of 2022 for @goodreads I had to read it!

▪️set in 1960s, Elizabeth Zott is a chemist against all odds 
▪️for fans of “The Love Hypothesis” but anyone who enjoys a mature women ahead of her time 
▪️champions women that want kids, kids and a career, no kids and a career,
etc etc 
▪️touches on sexual harassment in work place, sexism in academia
▪️stereotypes of single moms and dads 
▪️”The Female Misogynist” trope is used for a supporting character who later redeems herself
     🔥 Ngozi Adichie said it best -
“We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men.” 

Many of the women in the book are the type who judge our main character for her life choices, because society tells them to, but the redemption arc is when women begin admiring her because of her tv show. Further showing their internal desire to be more independent. 


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