The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project is narrated by Don Tillman, a genetics professor at an Australian university who decides suddenly one day that he is ready to get married. Don sets about finding a wife in the most methodological way possible: by creating a long, specific survey of multiple-choice questions that he distributes to every woman he meets. This approach is slow to yield results, but Don is determined to persist — until, that is, a wholly unsuitable woman named Rosie knocks on his door and asks for help finding her biological father.
Quote:
"'Professor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.' This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of."
Author:
The Rosie Project was Graeme Simsion's first novel. Its sequel, The Rosie Effect, was published in 2014. Simsion lives in Australia with his family.
Published: 2013
Length: 292 pages
Set in: Australia