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  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784164690
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

The Authenticity Project

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





The feel-good book of the year, about the importance of honesty, community and the kindness of strangers.

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.

  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784164690
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

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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Praise for The Authenticity Project

The feel-good story...that we all need to read right now

Woman & Home

A reminder of the importance of friendships

Good Housekeeping

Poignant and uplifting

Daily Mail

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The Authenticity Project book club notes

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

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