From the Bookshelf of Crazy Challenge Connection…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
The Housekeeper and the Professor is about the relationship between the two unnamed characters and the Housekeeper's son, only referred to by his nickname Root. The narrator, a single mother employed by the Akebono Housekeeping Agency, has just started working for the Professor, a genius in mathematics. Due to an automobile accident, he has a memory that only lasts 80 minutes. Every morning, the Housekeeper has to reintroduce herself to the Professor. While the Professor's memory always fails hi
...more
A truly touching book about the friendship that forms between an elderly professor, his housekeeper, and her child. The professor was in an accident that left him with no memory past 1975, and as a note clipped to his suit indicates, his memory only lasts 80 minutes. Despite these challenges, the professor develops a fatherly or grand-fatherly love for his housekeeper’s ten-year old son, who he had affectionately nicknamed Root. He teaches Root and his mother about some of the beautiful things t
...more
4 stars. Delightful. I loved this one. Not going to lie, I was a bit nervous going in because I thought it was going to be one of those super depressing stories that was gonna make me sad in the end. I was basing all of this on the premise of the story but luckily it wasn’t sad at all. It was heartwarming and sweet. I loved all of the characters and the relationship that the Housekeeper and her son, Root, form with the Professor. It was nice and even though the Professor’s memory resets every 80
...more
A housekeeper is sent to cook and clean for a mathematics professor who has gone through 9 previous housekeepers. The problem is that he was in a serious car accident 17 years prior and has lost his short term memory beyond an 80 minute time frame. He has notes pinned all over his suit to remind him of things. So each day they are reintroduced. The housekeeper has a 10 year old son whom the professor calls Root since his flat head reminds him of the square root symbol. The boy and the professor
...more
This was a delightful charming book that focuses on themes of family, memory, mathematics and baseball. I appreciated the humor as well as the characters that were wonderfully simple and yet complex at the same time. The relationships were touching and left me with a fleeting feeling of sadness. I wanted to stay in their lives longer as a reader.
May 28, 2020
(Mellifluous Grant)
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
bc-picks
Lovely story. Very glad it was chosen for book club!
Jan 12, 2018
GailW
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
aut-diversity,
aut-new2me,
gen-fiction,
translated,
5-star,
read-audio,
ch18,
sd-stem,
reg-asia
May 28, 2016
Sushicat
marked it as wishlist
Mar 30, 2017
Therissa
marked it as to-read
Apr 15, 2017
Allie Ivanova
marked it as to-read
Jan 16, 2018
Taleisin (Tales of a Bookwyrm)
marked it as to-read
Jan 03, 2019
Anne ✨ Finds Joy
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
atw-asia,
audio-shorts
Jun 08, 2020
Elle Lee
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2020
Jackie
marked it as z-labeled-2020
Feb 09, 2022
Aleksandra Stojanovic
marked it as to-read
Jun 14, 2024
Costina
marked it as to-read
