A review by afox98
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

4.0

Fun and refreshing. Julian Jessop is a 79yo artist, long past his career heyday and lonely. He doesn’t think people are honest enough with each other, so decides to write about his true self in a green notebook. After he writes a more true version of himself, he leaves the notebook in Monica’s cafe. She picks it up, reads his story, and becomes determined to help him. Four others get the book after that, each acting to impact the people who wrote in it before them and adding their own stories. When they start meeting up in real life, friendships are formed, secrets are divulged, and lives are changed. Great set of quirky and lovable characters who learn about themselves as much as they do about others throughout the story.