A Place for Us By Fatima Farheen Mirza & Lessons in Chemistry By Bonnie Garmus 2 Book Set

This two-book collection brings together Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza. Spanning different settings and perspectives, the set pairs a story centred on a chemist navigating work and family life in the early 1960s with a novel that follows an Indian Muslim family as they reunite on the eve of a wedding.

In Lessons in Chemistry, Elizabeth Zott works at Hastings Research Institute, where her all-male team takes an unscientific view of equality. Her connection with Calvin Evans, a brilliant and Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder, changes her life, and later she becomes a single mother and the reluctant star of America’s beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. A Place for Us focuses on Hadia’s wedding and the return of her family, as her parents Rafiq and Layla face the choices made by their daughters and their estranged son Amar, with the story moving through time and viewpoints.

Included titles

• Lessons in Chemistry
• A Place for Us

Key details

• Two-book collection set
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

Synopses

Lessons in Chemistry

Set in the early 1960s, the story follows chemist Elizabeth Zott at Hastings Research Institute, where equality is not taken seriously by her all-male team. One colleague, Calvin Evans, a lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder, falls in love with her mind. Years later, Elizabeth finds herself a single mother and the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six.

A Place for Us

The novel captures an Indian Muslim family on the eve of the eldest daughter Hadia’s wedding. As a marriage chosen for love brings the family together, her parents Rafiq and Layla confront the choices made by their daughters and their estranged son Amar. Moving through time and shifting viewpoints, it traces family life in small and crucial moments as the siblings seek their own paths while negotiating culture and faith.