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Welcome to the Brown Bag Book Club

Hosted by Kirtland Library

 Kirtland Staff and Faculty are welcome!

The BBBC provides space for members of the Kirtland Community to connect over reading.

We hope you will join us for some fun and thought provoking conversations!

Seattle Times Chemist 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 early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with -- of all things -- her mind. True chemistry results. But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show Supper at Six . Elizabeth's unusual approach to cooking (combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride) proves revolutionary. But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook. She's daring them to change the status quo.

• Dates: Thursdays - -  Join us for 1 or all the sessions as your schedule permits!
• Time:  12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Location:  Zoom - Contact the Library at library@kirtland.edu for the Zoom Link

Weekly Break Down:

Week 1: Thursday, April 11, 2024 - Chapters 1-11 (pages 1-95)

Week 2: Thursday, April 18, 2024 - Chapters 12-23 (pages 96-199)

Week 3: Thursday, April 25, 2024 - Chapters 24-33 (pages 200-297)

Week 4: Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Chapters 34-45 (pages 298-386)

Here are several ways you can get a copy of book:

• Download and listen to it on your own device through the OverDrive or Libby app.
• Purchase your own copy through a bookstore or vendor like Amazon.
• Purchase and download to your Kindle through Amazon. 
• Purchase and download an audiobook copy through Audible.
• Check out a copy at your local public library.
• Borrow a copy through Interlibrary loan (free of charge) by contacting Kirtland's Library.

Here's How:

Hours:  8 am - 4:30 pm Monday-Friday - Grayling

Phone: 989-275-5000 x 246

Email: library@kirtland.edu  Please allow 24-48 hours for response

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