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I LOVED this book with every fiber of my being. It was so interesting and sweet and I devoured it from the first page to the last. Very well written.
I really enjoyed this book. Don isn’t your usual protagonist and Rosie isn’t your typical romantic interest, but I really loved that.
Don is a genetics professor who is coded as autistic, though it's never said outright (he does note the similarities between himself and some children with Asperger syndrome). He is also in search of the ideal woman to be his wife, and the way he is going to find her is a survey called The Wife Project, where he analyzes things such as how one feels about alcohol and how often they are late to appointments. When Rosie appears at his office door, sent by his best friend, Don assumes it's because
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Laugh out loud funny. Achingly sweet. Utterly charming. Worth a read regardless of your gender (aka, not chick lit). Don Tillman and Rosie are REAL characters, flawed but lovable. Trying to get through the thing called life, despite their various issues. Finding fun and companionship together, despite being sure they weren't right for each other. This book came highly recommended to me, specifically the audio version, by most of the librarians at work. Then everyone I talked to seemed to have re
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