![]() ![]() First, the first-person narrator is a man, Don Tillman. Part of what makes Graeme Simsion's novels, The Rosie Project and now its follow-up, The Rosie Effect, unusual is that while they are, in fact, contemporary love stories that share a lot with books like Bridget Jones' Diary, they complicate that typical identification in two critical ways. Most - not all, but most, by the numbers - are written for an audience of women, and they're emotionally centered on the romantic quest of a woman, often accompanied by another quest of some kind for career fulfillment, a peaceful relationship with parents, or the putting aside of past mistakes. It's not an unfair generalization, I don't think, to say that identification with characters is fundamental to contemporary romantic novels. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Rosie Result Author Graeme Simsion ![]()
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