The Authenticity Project: The feel-good novel you need right now

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Leaving it on a table in Monica’s café, a warm, friendly place where Julian escapes at his most lonely moments, he never expects Monica to find it and track him down.

The second person to share their inner selves in the notebook’s pages is Monica, 37, owner of a failing cafe and a former corporate lawyer who desperately wants to have a baby. I bought a kindle version of this book and it turned out to be exactly what I needed on my X-mas break this year! At the very least, for this type of multi-character book to work, you need to fall in love with the characters and their plights. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street.Reading the book was like hanging out with a rowdy, affectionate bunch of friends where you don't want the party to stop. I totally see Bill Nighy playing Julian in the movie version of this book, even if Bill isn't quite so old. Having read and loved The People On Platform 5 by the author, I knew I had to read this book also and it didn’t disappoint. brings both honesty and the perfect level of escapism to give you a warm fuzzy glow inside''Feel-good. Social media proves that many people like to share their lives and inner thoughts, authentic or not.

The only real criticism I have is I thought the second half wasn't quite as good as the first half of the book. I thought The Authenticity Project was a really sweet and wonderful book, so perfect for being in the midst of this crazy world. I read it together with two of my friends, Amanda and Monika, a even though not either of us ended up liking it, we still enjoyed our conversations a jokes, so for that reason, I am very glad we read it. things like a woman sticking a fork in a guy's hand, a guy running down a purse-snatcher, and an addict leaving notes to himself, regarding the name of the girl he's sleeping with, so he'll remember the next morning. In 1974, a troubled Vietnam vet inherits a house from a fallen comrade and moves his family to Alaska.

Clare’s memoir - The Sober Diaries - has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking. And sometimes in life it is good to take chances because it can lead you in a more positive direction. Each time a story is told the notebook is then left for someone else to find and because people are essentially good, each new person feels like they should help the person before. Not only does this story show the reality of humanity, it shows the ripple effect that each person can have on each other. Then, as soon as he was gone, about ten minutes later, she doubled back so that she could read the words on the gravestone.

She tucked the book into the space alongside the till with the spare menus and flyers from various suppliers. There was also a lot of telling rather than showing and, more annoying, showing followed immediately by telling, as though Pooley didn't quite trust her readers to understand her novel's fairly simple plot. I read People on platform 5 which I quite enjoyed too and this is a similar style book (naturally as same author! I thought I needed a light read after reading a few intense novels, but The Authenticity Project, while enjoyable, was a bit too light. This one has a quirky set of characters that somehow come together for new friendship, love, and happiness in London.I realize now that I took Mary for granted, with her ordinary, wholesome, pink-cheeked prettiness and her constant thoughtfulness and dependability. The four men think about work and creativity and success and failure; they cook for each other, compete with each other and jostle for each other’s affection. Little do they realise that such small acts of honesty hold the power to impact all those who discover the notebook and change their lives completely. Each of their words, trigger an action by the next person who reads them, eventually connecting all of the characters to one another. The Authenticity Project is a story that will have you routing for all the characters and that they find their happy ever after, whether that be in love or in life.