Graeme Simsion

Three years after life got in the way of their long-distance relationship, Californian illustrator Zoe and English engineer Martin have an unexpected opportunity to reunite: a second chance to follow in the footsteps of pilgrims in Europe. This time, they won’t be walking the famous Camino de Santiago to north-west Spain but the less-travelled Chemin d’Assise and Via Francigena to Rome, the mountainous path down from rural France. And rather than each setting off solo, they will accompany Zoe’s old friend Camille—who, despite her terminal illness, insists she will walk the whole sixteen hundred kilometres to seek an audience with the Pope—and her not-so-ex-husband, Gilbert, who sees the trip as a gourmet tour. Then Bernhard, Martin’s young nemesis from the previous trek, shows up, along with Martin’s daughter, Sarah, who is having a quarter-life crisis and doesn’t exactly hit it off with Zoe… Two Steps Onward is the wise, witty and wine-filled follow-up to Two Steps Forward, Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s bestselling novel about walking the Camino. It’s about helping the people you love, and knowing when to let go. Figuring out what you really want in life. And seizing your chances, before it’s too late.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect, an unforgettable new novel about lost love and second chances On the cusp of turning fifty, Adam Sharp likes his life. He’s happy with his partner Claire, he excels in music trivia at quiz night at the local pub, he looks after his mother, and he does the occasional consulting job in IT. But he can never quite shake off his nostalgia for what might have been: his blazing affair more than twenty years ago with an intelligent and strong-willed actress named Angelina Brown who taught him for the first time what it means to find—and then lose—love. How different might his life have been if he hadn’t let her walk away? And then, out of nowhere, from the other side of the world, Angelina gets in touch. What does she want? Does Adam dare to live dangerously?

O Projeto Rosie foi concluído, e Don e sua amada estão morando em Nova York. Ele é professor na Universidade de Columbia, e Rosie cursa o primeiro ano do programa de doutorado em medicina. Tudo vai muito bem até o dia em que ela anuncia: “Estamos grávidos.” Diante do desafio ainda maior do que encontrar uma esposa, Don não vê alternativa a não ser iniciar o Projeto Bebê. Ao tentar definir os protocolos para se tornar pai, usando seu estilo de pesquisa peculiar e suas habilidades sociais – ainda baixíssimas –, Don, é claro, acaba se metendo em várias confusões e mal-entendidos. Agora ele corre o risco de ser processado, deportado, de perder a credibilidade profissional e, o pior, de perder Rosie para sempre. Prepare-se para rir, chorar e se emocionar novamente com o professor de genética mais carismático de todos os tempos.

Perto de completar 40 anos, o peculiar professor de genética Don Tillman havia desistido do amor. Para acompanhar sua rotina severamente cronometrada, com esquema de refeições padronizadas, um cronograma para a execução de cada compromisso (inclusive para a prática de exercícios físicos antes de dormir) e lidar com sua falta de habilidade social, só mesmo a mulher perfeita. E ele já sabe como encontrá-la. Ou pelo menos acha que sabe. Ele desenvolve o projeto Esposa Perfeita, um questionário meticuloso que irá ajudá-lo a selecionar candidatas adequadas a seu estilo de vida. Mas quando Don conhece a jovem Rosie ele descobre que nem tudo na vida pode ser programado... e que o amor pode, de repente, vir a seu encontro.

Don Tillman, profesor de Genética en la universidad, un hombre atrapado en una visión de la realidad extremadamente rígida, nunca ha tenido una segunda cita con una mujer. Sin embargo, conocedor de los estudios que demuestran que los hombres que viven en pareja son más felices que los solteros, se embarca de lleno en lo que bautiza El Proyecto Esposa, cuyo primer paso consiste en redactar un cuestionario de dieciséis páginas para encontrar la pareja perfecta: una mujer puntual, que no fume ni beba y se adapte a su reglamentada existencia. Y entonces conoce a Rosie Jarman, que es una mujer guapa, capaz y luchadora, pero trabaja en un bar, fuma, bebe, y llega siempre tarde: ¡totalmente descartada para el Proyecto Esposa! Ella tiene un proyecto propio, encontrar a su padre biológico, y nuestro excéntrico profesor se encontrará inventando excusas a diario y saltándose sus estrictas reglas con tal de verla y ayudarla poniendo sus conocimientos de genética al servicio de su causa. Don y Rosie se lanzan así a una intrépida, divertidísima aventura que demuestra que el amor no se busca sino que acude a nosotros cuando menos lo esperamos. Hilarante, sorprendente e irresistiblemente romántica, El Proyecto Esposa tiene un protagonista excepcional: el inteligente, obsesivo y literal Don Tillman, para quien navegar por nuestro mundo de emociones complejas y contradictorias, poblado por gentes que a menudo dicen exactamente lo contrario de lo que piensan, es extraordinariamente difícil.

Hudson, de zoon van Don Tillman en Rosie Jarman, is elf als het gezin terug verhuist naar Melbourne. Don wil zijn zoon daar zo goed mogelijk voorbereiden op de middelbare school. Hij was zelf toen een buitenbeentje en Hudson is ook een beetje "anders'. Don besluit het Hudson Project te starten. Met hulp van de beste experts zal hij Hudson ongemerkt voorbereiden op de veeleisende jungle van de middelbare school. Sociale vaardigheden, sport, vrienden: alle kwesties pakt Don planmatig aan. Maar Hudson is niet alleen Dons zoon, maar ook die van Rosie, en hij laat zich tot Dons verrassing niet zomaar in een project vangen.

De autistische Don Tillman doceert genetica aan de universiteit. Hij is superintelligent, kan geweldig koken en is op zoek naar een vrouw. Door zijn sociale onhandigheid is hij echter nooit verder gekomen dan een eerste date. Met behulp van een zestien pagina’s tellende vragenlijst hoopt hij zijn perfecte partner te vinden. Dan komt Rosie Jarman in zijn leven: verre van perfect, maar wel intelligent en mooi. En ze is ook op zoek naar haar biologische vader – een zoektocht waarbij Don haar misschien zou kunnen helpen.

Proiectul Rosie este o sublimă şi, la prima vedere, imposibilă poveste de dragoste. La treizeci şi nouă de ani, Don Tillman, un profesor de genetică suferind – fără să ştie – de sindromul Asperger, e încă burlac. Deşi e deştept şi arătos, nu prea are noroc în dragoste. Dar de data asta e hotărît să reuşească. De aceea a iniţiat Proiectul Soţia, pe baza unui chestionar de şaisprezece pagini, care îl va ajuta să-şi afle partenera perfectă prin eliminarea pas cu pas a tipurilor feminine nepotrivite: veganele, microbistele, creaţionistele, fumătoarele, ignorantele, homeopatele... Numai că frumoasa Rosie, care dă buzna în viaţa lui, e exact pe dos: munceşte într-un bar, e vegetariană, fumează şi, în plus, încearcă să dea de urma tatălui ei biologic. „Cea mai incompatibilă femeie din lume”, conchide Don. Şi totuşi se lasă implicat, fără să ştie prea bine de ce, într-un nou proiect: s-o ajute pe Rosie să-şi găsească tatăl prin intermediul unor mostre de ADN prelevate pe ascuns. Şi să descopere că dragostea şi viaţa nu urmează întotdeauna regulile ştiinţei.

Don Tillman en Rosie Jarman zijn getrouwd en wonen in New York. Juist als Don wil vertellen dat Gene, zijn schuinsmarcherende beste vriend uit Australië komt, heeft Rosie nieuws: ze is zwanger. Op zijn geheel eigen wijze verwerft de autistische Don in no time alle kennis over vader worden. Maar zijn oude zwakheden komen weer boven en brengen hem in de problemen. Terwijl hij opgaat in het perfectioneren van alle praktische details, verliest hij zijn emoties totaal uit het oog. Hij dreigt Rosie kwijt te raken op het moment dat ze hem het hardste nodig heeft.

"وضعتُ يدي على الطريقة المثالية لاختيار زوجتي المستقبلية. لم يختلف اكتشافي هذا عن أي اكتشاف علمي فريد، فالإجابة دائمًا تكمن في الماضي. ولكن للصراحة أقول لك: أنا لم أكن لأتوصل إلى هذا الاكتشاف لولا سلسلة الأحداث التي لم أحسب لها أي حساب". "مشروع روزي" رواية جديدة من أستراليا لجرايم سيمسيون. الرواية فريدة من نوعها، كُتبت بأسلوب جديد ومختلف عن المتداول. فهي عن عالم جينات دقيق في كل تفاصيل حياته. لا يفعل أي شيء في حياته إلا وفق جدول زمني محدد. حتى عندما فكر في الزواج، قرر عمل استبيان لاختيار زوجة بالمواصفات الدقيقة التي تلائمه. ولكن، هل سينجح هذا المشروع؟ وهل يعتبر ذلك نمط الحياة المثالية؟ هذا ما سيعيد النظر فيه مرة أخرى بعد أن يصادف "روزي"، تلك الفتاة التي فشلت في استبيان البحث عن زوجة وجعلته يتابع معها مشروع البحث عن والدها الحقيقي رغم أنها لا تصلح أن تكون زوجة له. وتعد "مشروع روزي" أول رواية لـ"جرايم سيمسيون". كتبها في الخمسين من عمره. وبعد صدور الرواية، تفاجأ "سيمسيون" وتفاجأ الجميع بفوزها بأكثر من تسع جوائز، مثل جائزة "الكتاب الأسترالي"، وجائزة "نيلسن" الأسترالية لأفضل الكتب مبيعًا، وغيرها من الجوائز. كما تم اختيارها للقائمة الطويلة لجائزة "إيمباك" الدولية "IMPAC Dublin Literary Award" ، وتم اختيارها للقائمة القصيرة لثلاث جوائز عالمية وأسترالية هم: جائزة "أفضل عمل أدبي أول" الأسترالية، وجائزة "وايفرتون جود ريد" البريطانية، وجائزة "إيندي" "The Indie".

Der große SPIEGEL-Bestseller über den unwahrscheinlichsten romantischen Helden aller Zeiten Don Tillman will heiraten. Allerdings findet er menschliche Beziehungen oft höchst verwirrend und irrational. Was tun? Don entwickelt das Ehefrau-Projekt: Mit einem 16-seitigen Fragebogen will er auf wissenschaftlich exakte Weise die ideale Frau finden. Also keine, die raucht, trinkt, unpünktlich oder Veganerin ist. Und dann kommt Rosie. Unpünktlich, Barkeeperin, Raucherin. Offensichtlich ungeeignet. Aber Rosie verfolgt ihr eigenes Projekt: Sie sucht ihren biologischen Vater. Dafür braucht sie Dons Kenntnisse als Genetiker. Ohne recht zu verstehen, wie ihm geschieht, lernt Don staunend die Welt jenseits beweisbarer Fakten kennen und stellt fest: Gefühle haben ihre eigene Logik.

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. Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner. She will be punctual and logical—most definitely not a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker, or a late-arriver. Yet Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is also beguiling, fiery, intelligent—and on a quest of her own. She is looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might be able to help her with. Don's Wife Project takes a back burner to the Father Project and an unlikely relationship blooms, forcing the scientifically minded geneticist to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that love is not always what looks good on paper. The Rosie Project is a moving and hilarious novel for anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back. The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because - surprise - Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don and Rosie. As Don tries to schedule time for pregnancy research, getting Gene and Claudia to reconcile, servicing the industrial refrigeration unit that occupies half his apartment, helping Dave the Baseball Fan save his business, and staying on the right side of Lydia the social worker, he almost misses the biggest problem of all: he might lose Rosie when she needs him the most.

If not for money, then maybe for love. Three years ago, Emily was a struggling literary author when she met Scott, a struggling screenwriter. Combining her elegant writing with his gripping story, the pair crafted a novel that became an international bestseller—and fell in love along the way. Now her latest manuscript is stuck, his solo novel has flopped, and their relationship is on the rocks. The situation is made even messier when an eager aspiring writer gets involved. Can Emily and Scott come together to produce another hit? Creative Differences is a wry and incisive study of partnerships—in love, in writing—and creativity, from internationally bestselling author Graeme Simsion. It’s paired with a selection of stories from across his career, including the first appearance of Don Tillman.

Het Rosie Project De autistische Don Tillman is superintelligent, kan geweldig koken en is op zoek naar een vrouw. Door zijn sociale onhandigheid is hij echter nooit verder gekomen dan een eerste date. Dan komt Rosie Jarman in zijn leven: verre van perfect, maar wel intelligent en mooi. En ze is ook op zoek naar haar biologische vader - een zoektocht waarbij Don haar misschien zou kunnen helpen. Het Rosie Effect Rosie en Don zetten hun leven voort in New York. Maar Dons oude zwakheden komen weer boven en brengen hem opnieuw in de problemen. Hij verliest zijn emoties totaal uit het oog en dreigt Rosie kwijt te raken op het moment dat ze hem het hardste nodig heeft.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project comes a story of taking chances and learning to love again as two people, one mourning her husband and the other recovering from divorce, cross paths on the centuries-old Camino pilgrimage from France to Spain. “The Chemin will change you. It changes everyone…” The Chemin, also known as the Camino de Santiago, is a centuries-old pilgrim route that ends in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Every year, thousands of walkers—some devout, many not—follow the route that wends through quaint small villages and along busy highways alike, a journey unlike any other. Zoe, an artist from California who’s still reeling from her husband’s sudden death, has impulsively decided to walk the Camino, hoping to find solace and direction. Martin, an engineer from England, is road-testing a cart of his own design…and recovering from a messy divorce. They begin in the same French town, each uncertain of what the future holds. Zoe has anticipated the physical difficulties of her trek, but she is less prepared for other challenges, as strangers and circumstances force her to confront not just recent loss, but long-held beliefs. For Martin, the pilgrimage is a test of his skills and endurance but also, as he and Zoe grow closer, of his willingness to trust others—and himself—again. Smart and funny, insightful and romantic, Two Steps Forward reveals that the most important journeys we make aren’t measured in miles, but in the strength, wisdom, and love found along the way. Fans of The Rosie Project will recognize Graeme Simsion’s uniquely quirky and charming writing style.  

I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began… Don and Rosie are back in Melbourne after a decade in New York, and they’re about to face their most important project. Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids. Meanwhile, Rosie is battling Judas at work, and Don is in hot water after the Genetics Lecture Outrage. The life-contentment graph, recently at its highest point, is curving downwards. For Don Tillman, geneticist and World’s Best Problem-Solver, learning to be a good parent as well as a good partner will require the help of friends old and new. It will mean letting Hudson make his way in the world, and grappling with awkward truths about his own identity. And opening a cocktail bar. Hilarious and thought-provoking, with a brilliant cast of characters and an ending that will have readers cheering for joy, The Rosie Result is the triumphant final instalment of the internationally bestselling series that began with The Rosie Project.