The Rosie Effect

Author(s): Graeme Simsion

Fiction

'We've got something to celebrate,' Rosie said. I am not fond of surprises, especially if they disrupt plans already in place. I assumed that she had achieved some important milestone with her thesis. Or perhaps she had been offered a place in the psychiatry-training programme. This would be extremely good news, and I estimated the probability of sex at greater than 80%. 'We're pregnant,' she said.Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are now married and living in New York. Don has been teaching while Rosie completes her second year at Columbia Medical School. Just as Don is about to announce that Gene, his philandering best friend from Australia, is coming to stay, Rosie drops a bombshell- she's pregnant.In true Tillman style, Don instantly becomes an expert on all things obstetric. But in between immersing himself in a new research study on parenting and implementing the Standardised Meal System (pregnancy version), Don's old weaknesses resurface. And while he strives to get the technicalities right, he gets the emotions all wrong, and risks losing Rosie when she needs him most.


Product Information

Short-listed for Indie Book Awards 2015 (Australia) and Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2015 (Australia) and Australian Book Industry General Fiction Award 2015 (Australia).

'There's no sophomore [second-novel] slump here...It's a funny novel that also made me think about relationships: what makes them work and how we have to keep investing time and energy to make them better. A sweet, entertaining, and thought-provoking book.' -- Bill Gates 'Don Tillman...is a gem, an empirical laser trained on human shortcomings, especially male ones, and even more especially his own. He is also utterly charming in his lack of guile and his belief in improvability. Through him, Simsion...deals with issues of nature, nurture, gender, free will and the vagaries of the human heart with a deceptively light touch.' Evening Standard 'Don himself, pedantically single-focused as ever, is increasingly charismatic and the left-field resolution of his problems is as satisfyingly credible as it is delightfully unexpected.' Adelaide Advertiser 'Very sweet, very wry.' West Australian 'The Rosie Effect is a successful sequel; it will be enjoyed by readers who found The Rosie Project entertaining, and to new readers searching for a satisfying comedy, with a memorable main character and plenty of heart.' Weekend Australian 'As endearing as its predecessor.' NW 'Another rollicking ride. I can only hope the madcap journey isn't over yet.' Otago Daily Times 'Unlike most sequels, this second book is very close to being as good as the first...The writing is witty and the characters charming, making it easy to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Here's hoping for book number three.' Dominion Post Weekend/Waikato Times/Weekend Press 'This charming new chapter in the Tillman chronicles leaves you hoping it won't be the last.' People 'Heartwarming, poignant and often hilarious, The Rosie Effect is a worthy second chapter in Don and Rosie's story.' Shelf Awareness 'Don and Rosie are back!...Readers who loved the first book are in for another treat.' STARRED Review Library Journal '[A] winning sequel...The Rosie Effect is a celebration of the best attributes to be found in a friend, a husband, or a father, regardless of the way they are expressed.' STARRED Review Booklist 'A wholly absorbing, vivid read that leaves you pining to be reunited with its characters every time you put it down-if you're able to.' Independent '[A] romantic comedy that's just as smart, funny and heartwarming as the original.' Washington Post 'That these books are as funny and charming and often touching as they are is a tribute to the skill with which they're written.' NPR 'Brilliantly funny.' International Traveller 'In Simsion's hands, Don's voice once again shines as one of the most unique in contemporary fiction.' Everyday Ebook

Graeme Simsion was born in Auckland and is a Melbourne-based writer of short stories, plays, screenplays and two non-fiction books. The Rosie Project began life as a screenplay, winning the Australian Writers Guild/Inscription Award for Best Romantic Comedy before being adapted into a novel. It went on to win the 2012 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript and has since been sold around the world to over forty countries. Sony Pictures have optioned the film rights with Graeme contracted to write the script. The Rosie Project won the 2014 ABIA for Best General Fiction Book, and was ultimately awarded Australian Book of the Year for 2014. The sequel, The Rosie Effect, was released in 2014 to great acclaim and also became a bestseller.

General Fields

  • : 9781925240443
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.406
  • : November 2015
  • : 198mm X 128mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Graeme Simsion
  • : Paperback
  • : 1604
  • : English
  • : 823/.914
  • : 432
  • : FA