The Authenticity Project: The feel-good novel you need right now

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It’s now common knowledge that one of the best tools to tackle the climate crisis is to plant trees.

There aren’t even many markers of what’s happening in the outside world; Jude moves to a loft in SoHo as a young man, but we don’t see the neighborhood change from gritty artists’ enclave to glitzy tourist destination. The People on Platform 5 is Clare's second novel, inspired by her fascination with inventing stories about her fellow passengers on her commute to work. Though the story starts slowly, it definitely picks up, even offering an unexpected and solid twist ending.Desperate to confess the deep loneliness he feels, Julian begins The Authenticity Project – a small green notebook containing the truth about his life – to pass on and encourage others to share their own. She'd bet the day's takings, not something to do lightly given her economic circumstances, on that being the one.

Many thanks to the Penguin Random House Canada for the complimentary e-copy of this book through NetGalley. Monica stood for a while, enveloped in the silence of the cemetery, imagining a group of beautiful young people, with Beatles haircuts, miniskirts, and bell-bottom trousers, arguing and joking with one another, and suddenly felt rather alone.

She’s looked him up online and discovered he’s a once famous artist, and a minor celebrity in his day. My favorite parts were reading the personal entries, penned in the notebook, and shared without worry about who might read their words when the book is next found. What led me to seek out this novel was probably a recommendation in connection with another book I enjoyed, but what it was escapes me.