Lessons in Chemistry with Haley Houghton

Hello Libration Nation! This week I’m joined by Haley Houghton, an educator and book enthusiast. The book we discuss is “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus. For our drink we chose coffee (this was recorded in the morning and as busy moms we weren’t quite ready to get at it), and Haley added a little chemistry twist by making it in an Aeropress. In this episode we discuss turning 40, our two person only book-club, and the general bad-assery of Bonnie Garmus in writing the strong, quirky, brilliant female character Elizabeth Zott.

Haley mentions this story is a tragicomedy, which is right on and there are some great read-alike out there if you want more like this book:

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Elegance of the Hedgehog* by Muriel Barbery

*We did refer to this as The Elegance of the Porcupine which I think is a very cute and relatable mistake