Rosie's mother died when Rosie was small and she was raised by her mother's boyfriend, Phil, whom she claims never loved her and raised her strictly out of duty.ĭon and Rosie set out to capture the DNA of possible candidates who could be Rosie's father and the project ultimately sends them to New York City where the two of them become more interested in each other romantically. Don determines right away that Rosie is not a viable candidate for his Wife Project but he is taken in by Rosie's story of wanting to find her biological father.

As Don goes about administering his questionnaire, his best friend, Gene, also a university professor sends a girl named Rosie Jarman his way. Don is 39 years old and would like to be married so, typical to his scientific style, he develops a questionnaire for women to complete to determine whether they would be good wife material. Because of this, Don has had many dates but never two with the same woman.

Don has Asperger's syndrome which is a form of autism which has created characteristics in him that limit his success in social interactions. The Rosie Project is the story of Don Tillman, an associate professor of genetics at a major university in Melbourne, Australia.

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