The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Summary

An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love (Goodreads)

Don Tillman, genetics professor, is getting married. Or he will be, when his sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey yield as candidate (see: the Wife Project). Designed to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the vegans, the late arrivers, Don's questionnaire is, for this socially challenged academic, the most logical method to find the perfect partner.

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Discussion topics

1. Don goes through a number of spectacularly bad dates. What have been some of your own dating nightmares?
2. Does Don's Asperger's condition help him or hinder him?
3. Assuming you have Don's perfect partner questionnaire, would you rely on the results or the first impression?
4. Do you have anyone on the Autism spectrum in your life?
   
5. Do you agree with Don's assessment that "humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others"?
   

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