First ever World Book Night Book Club book Don Tillman is a socially-challenged genetics professor. He has started "The Wife Project" - designing a 16-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. When Rosie Jarman comes to his office, Don assumes it's to apply for the role - and duly discounts her on the grounds that she smokes, drinks, doesn't eat meat, and is incapable of punctuality. However, Rosie has no interest in becoming Mrs Tillman and is actually there to enlist Don's professional assistance to help ...
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First ever World Book Night Book Club book Don Tillman is a socially-challenged genetics professor. He has started "The Wife Project" - designing a 16-page questionnaire to help him find the perfect partner. When Rosie Jarman comes to his office, Don assumes it's to apply for the role - and duly discounts her on the grounds that she smokes, drinks, doesn't eat meat, and is incapable of punctuality. However, Rosie has no interest in becoming Mrs Tillman and is actually there to enlist Don's professional assistance to help her find her biological father. Sometimes, though, you don't find love: love finds you...
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An interesting and fun read, but hardly the character-building tome that is described in marketing materials. It would make a decent Hallmark television movie.
broandme
Feb 25, 2016
reviers are right
Several reviewers said they read the book in one day. Not really? Yes, really. Surprisingly so did I. The author promises another novel this year. I want it.
Marie M
May 22, 2015
Wonderful - loved the characters. Funny and entertaining read.
Susan W
Aug 20, 2014
rosie
Not my favorite, but amusing. Knowing something of the medical problem perhaps made it more interesting.
DArnhold
Dec 19, 2013
The Rosie Project
I loved this book because of the characters in it. I work in Research Administration and in the academic world. I've met and am friends with many people like the main character with personality traits such as his. I don't share these traits but can't help but admire the intelligence of this character and I like being forced to stop and consider how his thinking got him to a certain point. No, that's not how I would have done it but, so what? Who's to say he didn't do it better? I enjoyed Rosie's character as well and am glad the end result was what it was. Good, fast, lighthearted and funny read that might make you appreciate someone who is different than you.