Clare Pooley

"A warm, charming tale about the rewards of revealing oneself, warts and all." --People The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love Julian 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 café. 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 Café. The Authenticity Project'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. The Authenticity Project 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.

A Novel

The Authenticity Project

Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He'd have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver. This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people with almost nothing in common except their commute discover that a chance encounter can blossom into much more. It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you--and even more about yourself.

Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting

Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? Every day Iona Iverson travels to work by train. Every day she sees the same people, making assumptions about them, and even giving them nicknames. But they never speak. Obviously. Then one morning, Smart-But-Sexist-Surbiton chokes on a grape right in front of Iona. Sanjay, a nurse, steps up to help and saves his life. This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people, with almost nothing in common except their commute, discover that talking to strangers on the train might be uncomfortable and awkward, but it can challenge all of their assumptions and prejudices, and could even transform their life.

The People on Platform 5

A bravely honest and brilliantly comic account of how one mother gave up drinking and started living. This is Bridget Jones Dries Out. Clare Pooley is a Cambridge graduate and was a Managing Partner at one of the world's biggest advertising agencies, and yet by eighteen months ago she'd become an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling 'Am I an alcoholic?' In a desperate bid to turn her life around, she quit drinking and started a blog. She called it Mummy Was a Secret Drinker. This book is the story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze having been drinking more than a bottle of wine every day. It sees her starting a hugely successful blog, then getting and beating breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze free and cancer free, two stone lighter and with a life that is so much richer, healthier and more rewarding than ever before. Sober Diaries is an upbeat, funny and positive look at how to live life to the full. Interwoven within Clare's own very personal and frank story is research and advice, and answers to questions like: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? Will I lose weight? What if my partner still drinks? And many more.

How one woman stopped drinking and started living

The Sober Diaries

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times-bestselling author Clare Pooley When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. From Art, a failed actor turned kleptomaniac to Daphne, who has been hiding from her dark past for decades to Ruby, a Banksy-style knitter who gets revenge in yarn, these seniors look deceptively benign—but when age makes you invisible, secrets are so much easier to hide. When the city council threatens to sell the doomed community center building, the members of the Social Club join forces with their tiny friends in the daycare next door—as well as the teenaged father of one of the toddlers and a geriatric dog—to save the building. Together, this group’s unorthodox methods may actually work, as long as the police don’t catch up with them first.

How to Age Disgracefully

Julian Jessop está cansado de esconder a profunda solidão que sente. Este septuagenário acredita que a maioria das pessoas não é verdadeira acerca da sua vida. E se fossem? Decide então iniciar O Projeto da Autenticidade: um pequeno caderno verde, onde escreve a verdade sobre a sua própria vida, e que deixa pousado em cima de uma mesa do simpático café do seu bairro... Mónica, a proprietária do café, encontra-o e resolve acrescentar a sua história e deixar o caderno num bar de vinhos do outro lado da rua. Aos poucos quem encontra o caderno verde vai acrescentando as suas verdades mais profundas. Um gesto que vai alterar para sempre, as suas vidas. O excêntrico Julian, Monica, Hazard, o alcoólico que promete ficar sóbrio, Riley, Alice, a mãe influencer, que tem uma vida um pouco menos fabulosa do que aparece online, e Lizzie. Seis desconhecidos que se unem através do pequeno caderno verde; seis vidas que descobrem o poder da amizade e do amor. O Pequeno Caderno das Grandes Verdades é um livro divertido, inspirador e comovente, que nos mostra que sermos honestos acerca da nossa vida não é assim tão assustador, pelo contrário, assemelha-se muito à verdadeira felicidade.

O Pequeno Caderno das Grandes Verdades

'Wonderful characters and utterly truthful about the lies that we all tell...a clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think.' Sophie Kinsella 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... Praise for The Authenticity Project- 'Beautifully written, thought provoking and uplifting' Mike Gayle 'One of the best books I've read in a long time. Original, engaging and unforgettable.' Sunday Times bestselling author, Sarah Morgan 'Full of life's truths, funny, poignant and ultimately uplifting. I thoroughly enjoyed it.' Fanny Blake

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Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He'd have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver. This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people with almost nothing in common except their commute discover that a chance encounter can blossom into much more. It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you--and even more about yourself.

Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He’d have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver. This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people with almost nothing in common except their commute discover that a chance encounter can blossom into much more. It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you—and even more about yourself.

"I loved The Authenticity Project. It has such an intriguing premise, wonderful characters and is utterly truthful about the lies that we all tell. It's a clever, uplifting book that entertains and makes you think."--Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling author The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love "Everybody lies about their lives. What would happen if you shared the truth?" This is the question that Julian Jessop, an eccentric, seventy-nine-year-old artist, poses within a pale green exercise book that he labels The Authenticity Project, before leaving it behind in Monica's Café. When Monica discovers Julian's abandoned notebook, not only does she add her own story to the book, she is determined to find a way to help Julian feel less lonely. And so it goes with the others who find the green notebook that will soon contain their deepest selves. It will also knit the group together In Real Life at Monica's Cafe, where they'll discover the thrill and sometime-risk of being completely honest--and, for some, find unexpected love. With a cast of characters who are by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life, The Authenticity Project is a novel readers will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.

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Montags bei Monica

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project: Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s a rule. But what would happen if they did? “A hilarious and sweet creation about a group of individuals who form a family with love at its core.” —USA Today Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He’d have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver. This single event starts a chain reaction, and an eclectic group of people with almost nothing in common except their commute discover that a chance encounter can blossom into much more. It turns out that talking to strangers can teach you about the world around you--and even more about yourself.

De reizigers op perron 5

Nuestra vida no siempre es lo que aparentamos... ¿Qué pasaría si dijéramos la verdad? Una cafetería. Un cuaderno. Y la oportunidad de decir la verdad. Esta maravillosa novela enlaza el destino de seis desconocidos a través de un cuaderno que les invita a contar su historia y la verdad que hay detrás de cada una de ellas. En esta libreta, que viajará de mano en mano, escribirán las confesiones que hasta ahora no se habían atrevido a compartir con nadie mientras a su alrededor va creándose un círculo de amistad, solidaridad y amor. Pero ser honestos también entraña algunos riesgos... Reseñas: «Esta historia llena de esperanza es la que todos necesitamos leer ahora mismo.» Woman & Home «Una maravillosa novela feelgood sobre el poder de la amistad y los lazos con los demás.» Cosmopolitan «Una historia entrañable y con mucho encanto sobre la recompensa de mostrarnos como somos, incluso con nuestras imperfecciones.» People

Si dijéramos la verdad

Το πράσινο σημειωματάριο που αφήνει ο Τζούλιαν στο καφέ της Μόνικας, φέρνει κοντά έξι αγνώστους, οδηγώντας τους σε απροσδόκητες φιλίες και αγάπες. Οι ζωές τους συνυφαίνονται, αποκαλύπτοντας στο τέλος τη δύναμη και το μεγαλείο της ειλικρίνειας.

Το πράσινο σημειωματάριο

Mittags ein Gläschen mit der Freundin, abends mit dem Partner. Immer mehr Alkohol, um endlich loszulassen vom Stress durch Job und Kinder. Doch die Abstürze häufen sich. Nach einem besonders heftigen Wochenende packt Clare Pooley den Wein in den Schrank, kauft Kisten von alkoholfreiem Bier - und kämpft. Mutig und offen lässt sie ihre Leser_innen teilhaben an den ersten 365 Tagen ohne den Stoff, nach dem sie süchtig ist. Sie erzählt vom Auf und Ab ihrer Gefühle, vom Staunen ihrer Freunde über die neue Clare. Am Ende des Jahres lebt sie ein Leben, das sie sich nie hätte träumen lassen. Eingestreut in Clares herrlich ehrlichen Erfahrungsbericht ist viel praktischer Rat: Woher weiß ich, dass ich zu viel trinke? Wie überstehe ich Partys und Weihnachten? Was richtet der Alkohol in meinem Körper an? Clare Pooleys Humor, ihre positive Haltung und ihre ganz direkte Art machen dieses Buch zum absoluten Lesevergnügen mit ernstem Hintergrund.

Wie ich aufhörte zu trinken und anfing zu leben

Chianti zum Frühstück

The Authencity project

O pequeno caderno das coisas não ditas é um bálsamo para os tempos atuais, que os leitores vão levar no coração e ler com verdadeiro prazer. Um caderninho verde, seis estranhos e uma amizade inesperada — quem sabe até amor... Julian Jessop, um artista excêntrico e solitário, acredita que as pessoas não são realmente honestas umas com as outras. Mas e se fossem? Então ele escreve a verdade sobre a própria vida em um caderno verde e o deixa no café do bairro. O local é administrado pela organizada e eficiente Monica, que furtivamente adiciona sua história e deixa o caderno no bar de vinhos do outro lado da rua. Em pouco tempo, as outras pessoas que se deparam com o caderno acrescentam suas verdades mais íntimas — e acabam se encontrando pessoalmente no café da Monica. Os personagens de O pequeno caderno das coisas não ditas — incluindo Hazard, o viciado charmoso que faz a promessa de ficar sóbrio; Alice, a fabulosa mãe influenciadora cuja vida real é muito menos perfeita do que parece online; entre outros — são peculiares e engraçados, devastadoramente tristes e dolorosamente reais. Esta é uma história sobre ser corajoso e mostrar seu verdadeiro eu — e descobrir que isso não é tão assustador quanto aparenta. Na verdade, se parece muito com felicidade. "Amei O pequeno caderno das coisas não ditas. Tem uma premissa intrigante, personagens maravilhosos e uma história totalmente verdadeira sobre as mentiras que todos nós contamos." — Sophie Kinsella "A mensagem é forte, encorajando os leitores a saírem do celular e das redes sociais e viverem no mundo real e autêntico [...], fazendo amigos e formando uma comunidade e uma rede de apoio para a vida." — Kirkus Reviews " O pequeno caderno das coisas não ditas quebra a fachada que as pessoas apresentam ao mundo e mostra o que acontece quando você está disposto a compartilhar seu verdadeiro eu. Esta é uma história de amor, comunidade, a família que a gente escolhe e perdão. Um livro lindo com uma mensagem comovente, perfeito para os nossos tempos." — Jill Santopolo, autora de A luz que perdemos "Pooley mantém um ritmo ágil e agradável conforme os atos simples e espontâneos dos personagens afetam a vida uns dos outros." — Publishers Weekly "Uma história aconchegante e encantadora sobre as recompensas de se revelar, com seus defeitos e tudo." — People

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