Chemistry

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• A luminous, funny and charming novel from National Book Foundation ‘5 under 35’ Honouree, Weike Wang, about a young Chinese-American scientist must recalibrate her life when her academic career goes off-track • Chemistry has already received praise from authors Ann Patchett, Amy Hempel, Stephanie Danler and Ha Jin, as well as a deluge of critical and popular acclaim from US readers • Wang studied chemistry at Harvard, where she experienced firsthand the novel’s high-pressure academic environment. Her novel is an inside, honest look at the struggle to succeed as a female research scientist at a prestigious university • Wang’s prose is cutting, wry and witty—Chemistry is delightfully funny, as well as being filled with emotional depth • Wang was born in Nanjing, China, and learned English living in Toowong, Brisbane between the ages of 5 and 10 • Will appeal to fans of Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You