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 is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins The Authenticity Project - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life.

Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood café, Julian never expects Monica, the owner, to track him down after finding it. Or that she'll be inspired to write down her own story.

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.

Having finished this book yesterday I don't really know what to say after reading all these 5 star comments on Goodreads.
It was ok, I liked it.. but I think my problem was that I couldn't relate to ANY of these persons described in the book. I don't have this OCD Monica has, I have no drug problem, I don't live an Insta life and have to be perfect every day.
Riley was ok, he's just a happy-go-lucky person which is fine but shallow. I like a bit more depths in people . Julian lives in another world, I guess I liked him most. And I absolutely love Mrs Wu!
So for me this book just burbled along ( sorry if this an too straightforward translation from a German expression ;-)), no heights no depths....

Off to Nefertari and then to Penelopewanders (CH)

Thank you for sending this, which was on my wishlist - it arrived safely today. I will read it next and then keep it moving to penelopewanders!

I really enjoyed reading this. The short chapters, each from the perspective of a different character, make it an easy, quick read. The characters are somewhat stereotypical, but I did like the way the notebook brought them together and allowed the story to unfold. My favourite characters were Hazard, Mrs Wu and Julian.

On its way to penelopewanders. Sorry for the delay! I hope you enjoy it.

This has arrived safely in Switzerland where I will be waiting for another month... first vaccination soon, the second one scheduled for the middle of May. I'm not sure if this is now the end of a ray or if it returns to Kiki? At anyrate I am happy to have more reading material here in my temporary lodgings. Thanks so much for sending and for making this available.

Here as a bookcrossing ring or ray (still need to clarify that), I actually quite enjoyed this as opposed to Kiki66 who made it available and was somewhat less enthusiastic.
I found the actual concept of a travelling journal intriguing and daring - the use of full names seemed really brave to me, and although they are almost all based in the same neighborhood, the notebook does make its way to Thailand (and back).
Ironically I once stayed on an island which this one reminded me of, except ours didn't have a post office or a town, basically just bungalows, a dock, a diving school and a restaurant. Nonetheless, I found myself envisaging that place during the whole time Hazard was there.
So although I didn't particularly identify with any of the characters, I was won over by the idea of a sort of journal serving to bring people together. I was amused by the irony of the authenticity as exposed at the end.
I was glad to have had the opportunity to read this.

Selected from the Women in Fiction VBB, this now heads from France to Australia. Enjoy!

Well this book obviously had an interesting trip from Switzerland to Australia only took 16 months. I suspect though it was sitting in an Australia Post parcel centre as part of the pandemic backlog as it had a companion a package from England well it finally got delivered. Thanks Penelopewanders you can rest easily that your book has got here safely/eventually.