· by Clare Pooley ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, A group of strangers who live near each other in London become fast friends after writing their deepest secrets in a shared notebook. Julian Jessop, a septuagenarian artist, is bone-crushingly lonely when he starts “The Authenticity Project”—as he titles a slim green notebook—and begins Author: Clare Pooley. The Authenticity Project: A Novel By Clare Pooley Description Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. Page 1 of 4. The Authenticity Project. Clare Pooley, Penguin Publishing. pp. ISBN Summary. 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.
by Clare Pooley ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, A group of strangers who live near each other in London become fast friends after writing their deepest secrets in a shared notebook. Julian Jessop, a septuagenarian artist, is bone-crushingly lonely when he starts "The Authenticity Project"—as he titles a slim green notebook—and begins. Clare Pooley. Review by Thane Tierney. In his novel, Mother Night, the late Kurt Vonnegut let loose the tale's moral on the first page: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.". Clare Pooley revisits that theme in The Authenticity Project, but with a twist: "Everyone lies about their lives. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley is such a fun book to review. The characters are quirky and easy to relate to and the concept is really unique. This novel will have you feeling all sorts of emotions. The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love.
So what happens when an aging, formerly semi-famous artist decides to entitle a blank journal The Authenticity Project, launch into an admission of how his life is not meeting expectations and leave the book in a public place for the next person to expand, ignore or discard? As you might guess, the person who finds it, a café owner named Monica, decides to contribute. Clare Pooley graduated from Cambridge University, and then spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time writer. Her debut novel, The Authenticity Project, was a New York Times bestseller, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. Clare’s first novel - The Authenticity Project - was a BBC Radio 2 Bookclub pick, a New York Times Bestseller and the winner of the RNA debut novel award. It has been translated into 29 languages. Her second novel is coming Spring
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