Desperate to confess the deep loneliness he feels, Julian - real age 84, not 79 he likes to pretend, and no longer the flamboyant artist he claims to be - writes down the truth about his life in a small green notebook. Calling it “The Authenticity Project” and leaving it on a table at 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. Or that as the book is passed on, it’s not only Julian who will find it’s time to face his truth.

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“The Authenticity Project” is a heart-warming novel about the importance of truth, onnection and friendship in a society that continues to put up barriers.