The Rosie effect
by Graeme Simsion · first published 2014
100% recommend
"The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because--surprise--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. As Don tries to schedule time for pregnancy research, getting Gene and Claudia to reconcile, servicing the industrial refrigeration unit that occupies half his apartment, helping Dave the
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Top books that I read this past year: - Hillbilly Elegy By JD Vance - Golden Son by Pierce Brown (second book in a trilogy) liked the whole trilogy - Rosie Project/Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion - Graceling by Kristin Cashore - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?” ↗Nonfiction: Hillbilly Elegy By JD Vance Fiction: Golden Son by Pierce Brown - liked the whole trilogy; Rosie Project/Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
on “Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?” ↗…be quite keen to see a more mathematical and objectively grounded theory of mental disorder than the vague, hand waved criteria that we have now. In your case though, I'll quote a character from the Rosie Effect (an amazing book by the way which you might enjoy reading) who said that the main criteria is... pathology. If you are able to maintain an adequate lifestyle (job, education, family, friends) then you're…
on “An Experimental Autism Treatment Cost Me My Marriage” ↗Your comment reminds me of the last book I read as per Bill Gates : "The Rosie Effect". Albeit the protagonist takes it to an extreme level but his conclusions matches yours. Humorous quick read.
on “Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating” ↗