The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley

Then he’d discovered that routines were

crucial. They created buoys he could cling to to keep himself afloat.

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. But it was all so bloody contradictory at times. How on earth did that fit in with Don’t leave it too late to have a family, Monica. Nothing brings more joy than family?

If you told a story enough times, it became the truth—or near enough.