Synopsis:
One green notebook. Six strangers. The chance to start being honest...
Six strangers with one universal thing in common: their lives aren’t always what they make them out to be.
But what would happen if they told the truth instead?
Julian begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing his ‘truth’ – to pass on and encourage others to share their own.
Little does he know that this small act of honesty will impact all those who come into contact with the book, and lead to a life-changing world of friendship and forgiveness…
Review:
This
book was the best start to 2020 reading. What a pure joy, fantastic concept and
brilliant characters. I had high hopes for this one upon reading the blurb and
it didn’t disappoint. This will be bought as presents this year and this will
be recommended to everyone I know – I will bore people talking about this book,
but I don’t care, it’s so good!
What
if you found a book that called for the ultimate truth. The truth you would
never say out loud, the truth that you are scared off, that keeps you up at
night, that embarrasses you. The kind of truth you know would feel so good
admit, but at the same time is absolutely terrifying.
Well
that’s exactly what happens to Monica. Owner of a café, seemingly happy,
friendly, has-it-all kind of person. Until she finds The Authenticity Project
notebook with one story in it. Story of a lonely, elderly gentleman, once
life-of-a-party artist, Julian Jessop. It is up to Monica now to carry on or abandon
the project. Of course, she chooses to continue the truth telling, writing down
her deepest thoughts.
Unbeknown
to him at the time, when Julian leaves the notebook in Monica’s café, he starts
a series of events that change the lives of a handful of carefully chosen
people including his own. People that really need a helping hand, even if they
don’t know it yet.
This
novel was such a pleasure to read. It is a thoughtful story of people like you
and me, that sometimes think they are perfectly happy until something comes
along to shows us a better way of life. People have become shut away from
reality with technology, modern day issues and busy live styles. I do wonder if
finding such a notebook would really make people stop and think.
This
book will stay with me for a while. It definitely got me thinking – what would
I write in that notebook if I was to find it?
Thank
you very much to NetGalley and the author for this amazing story.
Rating: 5/5
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