The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love
Cast of Characters
- Julian Jessop
- Monica
- Hazard
- Alice
- Riley
- Lizzie
Location: London, England
Synopsis of The Authenticity Project
Julian decides to tell the truth about his own life ~ writing in a plain green journal. He ends his story with:
How well do you know the people who live near you? How well do they know you?
Everyone lies about their lives. What would happen if you shared the truth instead? The one thing that defines you, that makes everything else about you fall into place?
….maybe telling that story would change your life, or the life of someone you’ve not yet met.
Then he leaves the journal in a local cafe.
The cafe is Monica's Café, owned by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica. Monica reads the journal entry, finds Julian’s story and his philosophy about truth intriguing, and eventually adds her own entry. She then leaves the book in the wine bar across the street.
Before long, the other characters in this charming story find the green notebook, add the truths about their own deepest selves, and, amazingly somehow find each other In Real Life.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; Riley, the vacationing gardener from Perth, Australia, and Lizzie - who brings the ‘authentic’ to The Authenticity Project - are quirky, funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad, and very true-to-life.
The Authenticity Project is a story about being brave and putting your real self forward. The new friends discover this is not as scary as it seems. In fact, it appears to look a lot like happiness.
A heartfelt story you will read with deep pleasure.
Summary
The Authenticity Project is a delightful, feel-good, novel by Clare Pooley, a British author, speaker and blogger who has written a half-dozen novels to date. More reviews of this author’s interesting books will be coming soon.
*Book review of ‘The Authenticity Project’ written by Wednesday Elf
Wow! This sounds very interesting! Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteElf, this novel sounds quite wonderful! Authenticity and vulnerability can be hard but also so freeing. Thank you so much for the recommendation
ReplyDeleteWhat a great and unique plot for a book! I couldn't help but think how one would have to be able to make an honest evaluation of their own lives to themselves first in order to share in the Authenticity Project notebook. Sounds like a book that would make all of us be a bit more introspective as we question what we would write.
ReplyDeleteI Love the sound of this book! What a brilliant storyline and how they would need to be authentic with themselves before they could tell the truth about their lives and record in the Authenticity project notebook. Thank you so much for your review and recommendation, it really sounds like a fascinating and thoughtful read that would be hard to put down.
ReplyDeleteOh I like the sounds of this book Pat Austin. I imagine the stories of the lives it touched will also reverberate with us the reader. I will look for this book for sure. Thanks for your review!
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. The Authenticity Project truly is a unique and well-written story I think everyone would enjoy, no matter what genre you usually prefer. If you read it, come back and let me know what you think of it. :)
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