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Cargando... The Rosie Result (Don Tillman, #3) (edición 2019)por Graeme Simsion
Información de la obraThe Rosie Result por Graeme Simsion
   Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  PilgrimJess | May 15, 2024 |   Das Rosie-Resultat ist eigentlich das Hudson-Projekt, sprich der Versuch von Don Tillman, seinem (eventuell oder auch nicht autistischen) Sohn zu helfen, sich im Schulsystem anzupassen. Nebenbei geht es auch um die Schwierigkeiten, die ein elterlicher Rollentausch nicht nur für den Sohn, sondern auch für die Umgebung mit sich bringt. Toll geschrieben, toll gelesen - klare Leseempfehlung für dieses Buch und die ganze Serie. (  ) Katzenkindliest | Apr 23, 2024 | ) hellokirsti | Jan 3, 2024 | In the previous novels, Don’s personality traits have been central to the plot, narrative voice and characterisation, but Simsion has never actually specified any cause. In this novel, autism is front and central, with the medical and social controversies attached to it put under the microscope. What does it mean to label an 11 year old as autistic, especially when the labellers are not qualified to make that call. Do presumptions about a person become self-reinforcing, with behaviour attributed to the condition which might be passed off as normal in other children? As Don comments at one point, neurotypical people say that those with autism lack empathy, but how many of them try to develop greater empathy towards the autistic ? As always, Don’s narration of the story is brilliantly done, and there are quite a few laugh out loud moments along the way, but Simsion is concluding his series by making some serious points about the mentally ill and how we treat them, albeit in the nicest possible way. ( ) gjky | Apr 9, 2023 |  ) Jonathan5 | Feb 20, 2023 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: I was standing on one leg shucking oysters when the problems began... Graeme Simsion is a Melbourne-based novelist and screenwriter. The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect have combined global sales approaching five million copies. Graeme is also the author of the international bestsellers The Best of Adam Sharp and ?? co-written with his wife, Anne Buist ?? Two Steps Forward. His screenplay for The Rosie Project is in development with Sony Pictures, The Best of Adam Sharp is in development with Toni Collette's Vocab Films, and the rights to Two Steps Forward have been optioned by Fox Searchlight and Ellen DeGeneres. Graeme's latest book is the third and final Don Tillman novel, The Rosie Result. "Bursting with warmth, emotional depth, and...humor," Entertainment Weekly "Don Tillman helps us believe in possibility, makes us proud to be human beings, and the bonus is this: he keeps us laughing like hell" Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook. "A heartwarming story of an extraordinary man learning to live in an ordinary world.'" USA Today "Sharp dialogue, terrific pacing, physical hijinks, slapstick, a couple to root for, and more twists than a pack of Twizzlers." NPR.org "Filled with humor and plenty of heart... a delightful reminder that all of us, no matter how we're wired, just want to fit in." Chicago Tribune "One of the year's most promising and original novelists." Wall Street Journal 'Charming, eloquent, and insightful, The Rosie Result is a triumphant conclusion to Don's story, one that celebrates this remarkable father, husband, and friend in all his complexity and brilliance.' Booklist (starred review) 'Very much a charmer...A fitting end to this delightful trilogy that doesn't pull punches.' Kirkus No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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'The Rosie Result' is the third book in the 'Rosie Project' trilogy and once again Don Tillman, genetics professor with a scientific approach to everything he does, is the narrator meaning that his narrative voice is immediately recognisable and familiar. Don and his wife Rosie along with their eleven-year-old son Hudson have moved from New York back to Melbourne. But they are all "facing a set of human dilemmas tougher than the trickiest of equations".
Don is in professional hot water after a lecture goes viral for all the wrong reasons; Rosie, is about to lose the research job she loves; whilst Hudson, is struggling at school. He’s a smart kid, but socially awkward and not fitting in, his teachers want him to have an autism assessment. Don and Rosie have a new project; their 11 year old son.
The plot firmly centres on Hudson, and his experiences in school, as he attempts to be ‘normal’, but along the way Don must also face some of his own school day demons and re-examine his relationship with his own father.
Don once again manages to behave unconventionally and inappropriately at the most inappropriate of moments but I didn't actually laugh out loud or smile as much as I did with the previous books. Rosie, is less of a presence in this book but both Hudson and Don are able to behave as they do simply from having her in their lives.
As a parent of a son who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and a daughter with ADHD I felt Simsion convincingly conveyed the difficulties facing those who do not conform to accepted societal stereotypes. He shows how prejudice and intolerance can be as damaging as ignorance but also the dilemmas their parents face over whether or not they should get a diagnosis without too much undue sensation. The questions that this book raises are simple but the answers, as in real life, are anything but. Will that diagnosis be a benefit or a hinderance? Will medication change a child for the better or will it merely mask their real character? Simsion doesn't try to answer these questions but instead leaves the reader to make up their own minds. All kids are different and so are their life paths.
Overall I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Rosie series of books and feel that this is a fitting end to it. As the blurb says "Don Tillman is one of the most original and endearing of characters in the literary world" and I have savoured the journey that we have been on. (