The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)

by Graeme Simsion

Apparently they were more concerned with adherence to social convention than with the progress their children were making.

I thought it highly unlikely that a twelve-year-old—even a female future psychology student—could correctly deduce an adult male’s unspoken thoughts. Sometimes it is better to be aware of one’s incompetence in these matters, as I am, than to have a false sense of expertise.