Forrest Gump, Sherlock Holmes and Sheldon Cooper – these quirky male protagonists - are very entertaining, original, different and great characters to read and watch.
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Meet Don Tillman, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics at the University of Melbourne, who is looking for a wife in
The Rosie Project. Don does
not know he has Asperger’s syndrome, although his symptoms are obvious
to his friends and colleagues. He approaches all things in orderly and
evidence-based manner. Don leads a very structured life: every minute of
every day is planned: looking for the ingredients for Thursday’s
supper? – No problem, they are on the Thursday shelf. Despite the fact that
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Don is pleasant, good-looking, and has “above average social status” he does not have a girlfriend. So he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, detailed questionnaire to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.
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So along comes Rosie Jarman… Rosie smokes, drinks and is constantly late and disorganized – definitely NOT Wife Project candidate. She needs Don as a DNA expert to help on her own quest in identifying her biological father. Together, this improbable pair partner in search for Rosie’s father. And the adventure begins.
The Rosie Project made me smile and think. If you like touching, funny and charming stories try The Rosie Project.
The Rosie Project won the
Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript award in 2013.
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If you want to read more books about unlikely heroes who you can't help but love you can try these titles:
The Good Luck of Right Now by
Matthew Quick
Shine Shine Shine by
Lidya Netzer
Someone Else’s Love Story by
Joshilyn Jackson
Dear Readers, who are your favorite unlikely heroes?
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