Up-Lit: "The Authenticity Project" by Clare Pooley

A story about connection, 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 decided lying made life so much easier. Until it didn't. He's tired and lonely. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the raw truth about his life.

Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighborhood cafe, Julian never expects Monica (the owner) to be inspired to write down her own story and leave it at the shop across the street for others to discover, and add their own truths.

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.

357 pgs
Contemporary/Up-Lit