Literature & Fiction

Dons Tillmens, ģenētikas profesors, nekad nav bijis otrā randiņā. Viņš ir cilvēks, kurš uz vienas rokas pirkstiem var saskaitīt visus savus draugus, kuru mūža grūtības ar sociālajiem rituāliem viņu ir pārliecinājušas, ka viņš vienkārši nav vadāts pēc romantikas. Tāpēc, kad kāds paziņa informē, ka viņš taisīs “brīnišķīgu” vīru, viņa pirmā reakcija ir šoks. Tomēr viņam jāatzīst statistiskā varbūtība, ka ir kāds, kas ir domāts visiem, un viņš iesaistās “Sievas projektā”. Kārtīgā, uz pierādījumiem balstītā veidā, ar kādu viņš tuvojas visām lietām,

 Dons cenšas atrast ideālo partneri. Viņa būs punktuāla un loģiska — pavisam noteikti ne bāristabai, smēķētājai, dzērājšoferim vai 

nelaiķim.

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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.