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  • Published: 4 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473578067
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 25 min
  • Narrator: Anna Cordell
  • RRP: $24.99

The Authenticity Project

The bestselling uplifting, joyful and feel-good book of the year loved by readers everywhere





THE 2020 DEBUT NOVEL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
Our lives aren't always what we make them out to be. What would happen if we told the truth instead?

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'A joyous, funny read that leaves you all warm inside' Beth Morrey, author of Saving Missy

'Feel-good...full of hope. A quirky cast of characters you can't help but root for'Woman & Home, Book of the Month

Listen to the warm, poignant and uplifting New York Times bestseller and Radio 2 Book Club pick, loved by readers.

Six strangers with one thing in common: their lives aren't always what they make them out to be.

What would happen if they told the truth instead?

Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life.

Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she'll be inspired to write down her own story.

Little do they realize that such small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely.

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Readers are falling in love with The Authenticity Project:


***** 'A charming, funny and uplifting story.'
***** 'Full of optimism . . . I defy anyone not to pick it up and be both transported and delighted.'
***** 'An absolute gem of a book . . . brings both honesty and the perfect level of escapism to give you a warm fuzzy glow inside.'

© Clare Pooley 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

  • Published: 4 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473578067
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 10 hr 25 min
  • Narrator: Anna Cordell
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Clare Pooley

Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising, where the line between authenticity and fiction is constantly blurred, before becoming a full-time mum. She is the author of the hugely popular blog, Mummy was a Secret Drinker, under the pseudonym Sober Mummy and her memoir, The Sober Diaries was published in 2017 to critical acclaim. Her blog has had over two million hits and her TEDx talk, Making Sober Less Shameful, has had over 110,000 views.

Clare’s debut novel The Authenticity Project is inspired by her decision to expose the rather grubby truth about her seemingly perfect life in her memoir.

Clare writes from her kitchen table in Fulham, London where she lives with her long-suffering husband, three children, dog and an African pygmy hedgehog.

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Something to ponder with your book club: our lives aren't always what we make them out to be.

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