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The Authenticity Project

A Novel

February 4, 2020 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780735238435
$24.95
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Globe and Mail bestseller
Toronto Star bestseller
Washington Post "FEEL-GOOD BOOK guaranteed to lift your spirits"


"I loved The Authenticity Project. It's a clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think."--Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author

The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love


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.

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; and their other new friends-is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.

The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.

About this Author

CLARE POOLEY spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time mother. Pooley writes from her kitchen table in Fulham, London where she lives with her long-suffering husband, three children, dog, and an African pygmy hedgehog.

ISBN: 9780735238435
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Published: 2020-02-04

Reviews

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD FOR DEBUT OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST "FEEL-GOOD BOOK guaranteed to lift your spirits"
WINNER OF WOMAN&HOME'S BEST FEEL-GOOD FICTION
LIBRARY JOURNAL'S BEST POP FICTION OF 2020
REAL SIMPLE'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020


"I loved The Authenticity Project. It has such an intriguing premise, wonderful characters and is utterly truthful about the lies that we all tell. It's a clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think."
--Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author

One of:
USA Today's "5 books not to miss"
People Magazine's "Book of the Week"
New York Post's "Best Books of the Week"
The Washington Post's "15 feel-good books guaranteed to lift your spirits"

Good Housekeeping UK's "14 of the best feel-good books"
Cosmopolitan UK's "13 of the best new good books to read"
Her Magazine's "20 feel good fiction novels"
The Globe and Mail's "Seven books to read or gift this Valentine's Day"
Marie Claire (Australia's) "Book Club: Must-Reads This April"
Bustle's "Most Anticipated Books Of February 2020"
Global News' "On The Radar: Our February entertainment picks"
Longlisted for The Guardian's "Not the Booker Prize"
Audible Canada's Best Audiobooks of 2020
Barnes & Noble's January 2021 Picks


"In a year that was challenging to say the least, this is the book we all needed... In a joyous read, we learn what it means to be real, to put aside the facade and reveal who we really are. A worthy winner."
--Woman&Home's Best Feel-Good Fiction

"If this heartwarmer has a main character, it's a humble green notebook. Left in a café by a lonely, old man (after he's filled some of its pages with a brutally honest account of his life), it is written in by a cast of characters, each sharing the hopes, dreams, disappointments and secrets they've never confessed anywhere else. A ragtag group, they eventually find each other - a sort of epistolary Love, Actually that feels like an antidote to the isolation of modern life."
--Globe and Mail

"It all feels like a warm hug."
--The Washington Post

"If you enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, you might just like The Authenticity Project.... A wonderfully warm, feel-good novel about the power of friendship and connection."
--Cosmopolitan UK

"A well-suited subject for the Instagram era, this book makes you realize that no one's life is what it seems."
--Good Morning America

"a lovely read....A reminder of the importance of friendship and reaching out to others."
--Good Housekeeping UK

"The perfect balance of warmth and wit, The Authenticity Project will make you laugh out loud in lots of places and feel all warm and fuzzy in others."
--Marie Claire (Australia)

"Poignant and uplifting."
-Daily Mail

"An enjoyable, cozy novel that touches on tough topics."
--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] wistful, humorous tale. . . a beautiful and illuminating story of self-creation."
--Publishers Weekly

"[Pooley] succeeds in persuasively conveying the daily texture of city life, and in creating appealing characters we want to see happy. . . .  [S]everal reversals and a neat twist mean that The Authenticity Project grows stronger toward its end: a rarity for novels. . . . The Authenticity Project is an enjoyable read that is cozy-or as its British characters would have it, cosy-in the best sense of the word."
--USA Today, starred review

"The Authenticity Project cracks the facades that people present to the world and shows what happens when you're willing to share your true self. This is a story of love, of community, of found family, and of forgiveness. A beautiful book with a poignant message, perfect for our time."
--Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost

"Insightful, timely, and utterly addictive, The Authenticity Project illuminates the importance of discovering - and honoring - our truest, most imperfect selves."
--
Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of We Were The Lucky Ones


"The Authenticity Project is a rich roast of great characters, even better relationships, wonderful entanglements, and a few surprises along the way. If Monica's Cafe were a real place, I'd stop by every day."
--Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is

"The Authenticity Project
reads like a gorgeous box of chocolates: sweet, surprising and impossible not to love.  I found myself cheering, cringing, laughing and crying as I read this book and - above all - remembering the true value of community and human connection."
--Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics

"Fans of Fredrik Backman and Gail Honeyman--make room on your shelves for Clare Pooley. The Authenticity Project is a stunning debut and it left me inspired me to share more of myself with the world."
--Steven Rowley, bestselling author of The Editor

"It's full of life's truths, funny, poignant and ultimately uplifting. I thoroughly enjoyed it."
--Fanny Blake, author of A Summer Reunion

"One of the best books I've read in a long time. Original, engaging, and unforgettable."
--Sarah Morgan, bestselling author of A Wedding in December

"It's a joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside."
--Beth Morrey, author of The Love Story of Missy Carmichael

"Beautifully written, thought provoking, and uplifting, The Authenticity Project is a warm and endearing tale about truth, friendship and the power of connection. Pooley's characters will stay with you long after you turn the final page. It was a joy to read."
--Mike Gayle, author of The Hope Family Calendar

"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."
--Annabel Abbs, author of The Joyce Girl

"A warm, charming tale about the rewards of revealing oneself. . ."
--People
Magazine

"Online, everyone's lives look happy and perfect, which makes Clare Pooley's charmed novel, The Authenticity Project, a fresh, welcome and necessary change of pace."
--Shelf Awareness

". . . [A] charming commercial fiction début."
--The Bookseller

"The central premise of [The Authenticity Project] is compelling and clever [and] her cast of characters is varied and relatable, as Pooley skillfully negotiates their interactions . . . [T]he narrative's uplifting and heart-warming qualities are undeniable."
--The Irish Times

"The Authenticity Project's cast of characters. . . .is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness. . . .[It] is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure."
-Book Of The Day .org

"It's a heartwarming, laughter-and-tears story about the value of friendships and the importance of reaching out to each other."
-Mail Online

"Heartwarming."
--Real Simple

"A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for."
--Woman & Home

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