Don Tillman approaches impending fatherhood with a scientific plan, and almost loses Rosie in the process
Don Tillman prepares to be a father
Don Tillman, the brilliant, socially awkward genetics professor who found love in The Rosie Project, is now married to Rosie and living in New York. He has a new job, a set routine and a happy marriage. Then Rosie announces that she is pregnant. Don, who likes to approach every problem with careful research and planning, launches the Baby Project.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who enjoyed The Rosie Project and like warm, funny romantic comedies with an unusual narrator and plenty of heart.
What you will get
A warm, funny sequel in which Don's logical approach to parenthood leads to comic disasters, misunderstandings and a touching story about love and change.
The Rosie Effect Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Romantic comedy · Marriage · New York
Length
368 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Don studies pregnancy and child development with his usual thoroughness, observing children, reading research and trying to prepare for every possibility. His methods lead him into comic and embarrassing situations, including a misunderstanding that brings him to the attention of a social worker. Meanwhile his friend Gene, whose marriage has broken down, moves into the apartment, and Don tries to keep this and several other problems from Rosie so as not to upset her.
Rosie, under pressure with her studies and the pregnancy, needs emotional support more than research, and the distance between them grows. Don's friends, old and new, try to help, sometimes making things worse. The humour comes from Don's literal-minded narration, but the book is also more serious than the first, exploring what it means to change for someone you love. Some readers find it less charming than The Rosie Project; others love seeing Don grow.
Funny, touching and full of heart, followed by The Rosie Result. Fans of Don and Rosie will enjoy the chance to see their story continue, and the final chapters bring a warm and hopeful resolution. About 368 pages in the Simon and Schuster paperback.
The Rosie Project
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
A Man Called Ove
The Rosie Result
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Skipping Christmas
The Old Devils
The Reivers
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The Nanny Diaries
Foreign Affairs
At Swim-Two-Birds