Simsion's goal is laudable, and this book thoughtfully addresses the advantages and disadvantages of formal diagnosis. Simsion wraps up the series with The Rosie Result, which is largely focused on Don's latest campaign - to spare his brilliant but awkward 11-year-old son Hudson the unhappiness he experienced growing up.ĭedicated to 'the many people in the autism community who have inspired and supported these books,' the social objective of The Rosie Result is clear from the outset: to dispel all-too-common misconceptions and prejudices about what it means to be 'on the spectrum' - a phrase that recognizes varying degrees of autism, but which is increasingly bandied about to characterize anyone who is less than optimally attuned to irony and social niceties. The Rosie Effect (2014) found Don and Rosie ten months into marriage, living in New York and expecting a child. The trilogy began with The Rosie Project (2013), a screwball comedy centered on Don Tillman's hilarious campaign to find a wife - a process in which he learned firsthand that unexpected emotions can unleash both mayhem and joy. That's what seems to have happened with the somewhat flat final novel in Graeme Simsion's initially sparkling Rosie trilogy, about a geekily charming geneticist whose spot on the autism spectrum is evident to everyone but him. Once you pop the cork on a bottle of champagne, the bubbly effervescence lasts only so long. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Rosie Result Author Graeme Simsion

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