The Rosie Project: The joyously heartwarming international million-copy bestseller

Awards:   Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Unpublished Manuscript 2012 Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Unpublished Manuscript 2012.
Author:   Graeme Simsion
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9781405912792


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Format:   Paperback
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The Rosie Project: The joyously heartwarming international million-copy bestseller


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Awards

  • Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Unpublished Manuscript 2012
  • Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Unpublished Manuscript 2012.

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Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love, perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine THE INTERNATIONAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLER 'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Brilliant, important, good-hearted' GUARDIAN 'Original, clever and perfectly written' JILL MANSELL 'Superb. Endearing, charming and fascinating' THE TIMES 'Funny, charming and heart-warming. A gem of a novel' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Adorable' MARIAN KEYES ________ Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don's never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie - 'the world's most incompatible woman' - throwing Don's safe, ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he's feeling? . . . If you loved The Rosie Project, find out what happens next in The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result! ________ 'All three of the Rosie novels made me laugh out loud. Ultimately the story is about getting inside the mind and heart of someone a lot of people see as odd, and discovering that he isn't really that different from anybody else' BILL GATES 'Exuberantly life-affirming' SUNDAY TIMES 'A completely charming story that is as engaging as it is funny' INDEPENDENT 'Compulsively readable. A poignant universal story' OBSERVER 'Such a joy to read - I honestly can't think of many books that I've enjoyed more. The definition of a comfort book. It made me laugh out loud more than any book before' MARIE CLARE 'Full of quirky humour and touching tenderness. Imagine the love child of Eleanor Oliphant ad Bridget Jones and you have this book' CULTUREFLY 'Marvellous' JOHN BOYNE 'Charming and hilarious' LUXE 'Hilarious, unlikely and heartbreaking' EASY LIVING Join the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with Don and Rosie . . . 'Touching and funny. There was not a page I turned where I was not rooting for the characters or smiling' 5* Reader Review 'Warm, wonderful and laugh out loud funny. Stays with you long after you have finished' 5* Reader Review 'Wonderful, touching, funny, very romantic. Glorious' 5* Reader Review 'Funny, poignant and original. The best romantic comedy I've read since Bridget Jones' 5* Reader Review 'Utterly, utterly brilliant! Captured my heart' 5* Reader Review 'A truly wonderful, warm-hearted story. Read it, you won't regret it!' 5* Reader Review 'If I could have given this book 6 stars, I would. Brilliant' 5* Reader Review

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Author:   Graeme Simsion
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.257kg
ISBN:  

9781405912792


ISBN 10:   1405912790
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Funny, endearing, and pure, wonderful escapism Independent A sweet, funny rom-com ... You'll be willing Don and Rosie on every step of the way Marie Claire Original, charming and very funny Woman & Home Touching and laugh-out-loud funny -- think The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time meets Silver Linings Playbook Stylist A hilarious, unlikely romance with heartbreaking twists Easy Living Don Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time The Times Genuinely funny; you'll laugh out loud Essentials I absolutely loved The Rosie Project -- original and clever, and perfectly written.The world is going to fall in love with Don and Rosie Jill Mansell A poignant, funny novel about how you don't find love; it finds you Glamour Don Tillman will exasperate, delight and immerse you in a world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to read through the night. Glorious Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's Wife A very funny and touching love story Sunday Express Adorable ... Really funny and heart-warming, a gem of a book Marian Keyes If you like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time you'll love The Rosie Project Look Written in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice and left Neglected The best, most honestly told love story I've read in a long time Kristin Hannah Marvellous. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing a narrator as he is lovable and charming John Boyne, author of The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas


Author Information

Graeme Simsion is a full-time writer. His first novel, The Rosie Project, was originally written as a screenplay and won the Australian Writers' Guild/Inscription Award for Best Romantic Comedy Script in 2010. As a novel, it won the Australian Book Industry Association Book of the Year for 2014. Rights have been sold in forty-two countries and The Rosie Project is now a bestselling novel worldwide. In the UK, it was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and was voted the most popular title for the Spring 2014 campaign. Graeme lives in Australia with his wife Anne, a professor of psychiatry and published author, and their two children.The Rosie Effect is his second novel.

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