The Authenticity Project: The feel-good novel you need right now

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Do you follow suit and share your own story and pass the journal on and leave it for the next person? The story is told from the perspectives of six main characters. Which of these did you associate with the most, and why? Which character is least like yourself? Riley: an absurdly named grown man *from exotic Australia* with childlike sensibilities and a heart of gold!

Clare’s memoir - The Sober Diaries - has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking. Each of their words, trigger an action by the next person who reads them, eventually connecting all of the characters to one another. The book’s title is that of Julian’s notebook. He writes that he’s old and lonely, and wants neighbours to know and understand each other. He pens a bit about himself, suggests others do the same, stressing the need for unvarnished honesty, and leaves it for someone to find.Desperate to confess the deep loneliness he feels, Julian begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life – to pass on and encourage others to share their own.

The Authenticity Project follows the lives of 6 people, who have all expressed the deepest truths in a textbook that they have found. They come together from their different lives, to form friendships and bonds to last a lifetime. My authenticity project began in October 2019, when the end of a long-term relationship left me questioning “who am I?” One day, amidst the hurt and pain, I realised that I had the power to create my own happiness by reconnecting to the true self I had lost in the relationship. I began rebuilding but sometimes it felt a lonely process. So I created a community and space to belong.Clare Pooley συλλαμβάνει μία ευφυής ιδέα και αποφασίζει να τη μοιραστεί με το αναγνωστικό κοινό. Φαντάζομαι πως με την ίδια συστολή που άφησε ο Τζούλιαν το σημειωματάριο, παρέδωσε το βιβλίο στον εκδότη της. Στην αρχή ξεφύλλιζα ράθυμα το μυθιστόρημα διερωτώμενη εάν το hype δεν ευσταθεί αλλά σταδιακά χτίζεται το ενδιαφέρον και αγαπάς όλους τους χαρακτήρες. Μηδενός εξαιρουμένου. Από την Μόνικα που παρουσιάζει ομοιότητες με την τηλεοπτική Μόνικα από τα ‘’Φιλαράκια’’ και τη μαμά ινφλουένσερ Άλις που πασχίζει για την επίπλαστη ευτυχία μέχρι τον πομπώδη Τζούλιαν και τον εθισμένο Χάζαρντ. Ο χαρακτήρας του Χάζαρντ είναι πιο περίπλοκος και αληθινός γιατί βασίζεται στον αγώνα της συγγραφέως με τη νηφαλιότητα. Όσον αφορά την Λίζι και τον Ράιλι, συμβολίζουν τη θετικότητα. Προσωπικά θα ήθελα και την πλευρά της Μπέτι Γου γιατί την λάτρεψα και θα ήθελα να μοιραστεί τη συνταγή της για σούπα γουόν-τον! Παρόλο που είναι μία ετερόκλητη ομάδα ανθρώπων καταλήγουν όλοι να εξάρουν την αφοπλιστική δύναμη της ειλικρίνειας που είναι το βασικό θεμέλιο της φιλίας. Είναι ένα ταξίδι αυτογνωσίας για τους έξι ήρωες που εμψυχώνει και εμάς τους αναγνώστες. A heart-warming, feel-good story about love, loss and what it means to be human. Pooley’s debut is gloriously upbeat and gorgeously readable.”

Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with one another. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica’s Café.Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes—in a plain, green journal—the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves—and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica’s Café.

Described by Sophie Kinsella as 'a clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think’, The Authenticity Project is perfect for book clubs. I thought The Authenticity Project was a really sweet and wonderful book, so perfect for being in the midst of this crazy world. I love the idea of paying it forward and really found many of the characters and their relationships with one another so enjoyable. (I totally see Bill Nighy playing Julian in the movie version of this book, even if Bill isn't quite so old.) We all make snap judgements about each other, and often they’re wrong. What incorrect assumptions do The Authenticity Project characters make about each other? The AuthenticThere are too many other books out there that move me to force myself to read something I don't enjoy. What a quaint story, but beware: things are a not always as they seem! I liked the interesting plot twist with Julian. He got his comeuppance for his philandering and selfish ways, but also a second chance at life - redemption is probably a better word for this part of the story line.