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The Authenticity Project

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

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.

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

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About Clare Pooley

Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge, and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising, before becoming a full-time writer.

Clare’s dark but hilarious memoir, The Sober Diaries, has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking.

The Authenticity Project, Clare’s debut novel, was a BBC Rado 2 Bookclub pick, a New York Times bestseller, the winner of the RNA debut novel award, and a Babelio award. It has been translated into 29 languages.

Friends You Haven’t Met Yet is her fourth novel.

Clare lives in Fulham, London, with her husband, three children and two border terriers.
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Details
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • ISBN: 9781784164690
  • Length: 416 pages
  • Dimensions: 196mm x 27mm x 128mm
  • Weight: 296g
  • Price: £9.99
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