I could have sworn that I'd posted about this, but apparently not - or at least my search isn't coming up with anything.
I don't usually read contemporary fiction, but a friend - from whom I don't usually take book recommendations - loved Lessons In Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus, and when I ran across it at the library, I picked it up. And it's rare that I actually laugh out loud at books, but when I laughed twice in the first ten pages, it was a sign of something a cut above the norm.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677234/lessons-in-chemistry-by-bonnie-garmus/
And now I was just reading this article about it.
Beneath its pink cover, 'Lessons in Chemistry' offers a story about power
By Sadie Stein
“Lessons in Chemistry” is a book that defies easy categorization and which, depending on which of its suitors had won, or which direction the winning house had decided to take, might have gone a number of ways. For the same reason, it appeals to a range of readers.
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/books/bonnie-garmus-lessons-chemistry-book.html
artdaily.com/news/151811/Beneath-its-pink-cover---Lessons-in-Chemistry--offers-a-story-about-power#.Y4Pt9C-B3rA