Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
There are many reviews of this book. It seems you either love it or hate it. I think I am near to the love it stage. After reading some really serious books recently, this book was fun. I’m 73. I lived through all of this that seems not to have disappeared at all. In fact, the feministic things that seemed to have happened in this book haven’t happened; any more than a dog with an excellent vocabulary hasn’t occurred. However, I do believe the dog part more than the female advancement that fictionally occurred here.
Outside of the near murder of a rapist by pencil near the beginning, most of this book is aimed at the hope that things can change, even though the 50s and 60s didn’t advance most of us.
The best part of this book was the voice of Miranda Raisom, the narrator. She kept the book lively and showed the humor within it.
The interview with the author, Bonnie Garmus, and Pandora Sykes at the book’s end was also interesting.
Rather than taking it to heart, I suggest this as a beach or summer read.
I am so grateful for the library system that helps us all read more, even when funds are less. I listened to the Libby audiobook.
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