{"title":"Clare Pooley","description":"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. Pooley lives in Fulham, London, with her husband, three children, and two border terriers. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting was her second novel, and How to Age Disgracefully is her third novel.","products":[{"product_id":"the-authenticity-project-paperback","title":"The Authenticity Project - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Sophie Kinsella, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local caf . 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. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other In Real Life at Monica's Caf . \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Authenticity Project\u003c\/i\u003e's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends--is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Authenticity Project\u003c\/i\u003e is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101253996767,"sku":"9780593171820","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/B3LgwkjJX49780593171820.webp?v=1781068587"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/clare-pooley.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}