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Julia Tannenbaum

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May 08, 2000

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Young Adult, Contemporary, Gay and Lesbian

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Julia Tannenbaum is the author of The Changing Ways Series, a young adult trilogy that chronicles a teenager’s journey to overcome anorexia. Drawing from personal experiences, she self-published her debut novel Changing Ways when she was eighteen years old. She is an advocate for mental health and disability awareness whose essays have appeared in a variety of newspapers, magazines, and blogs, including the Hartford Courant and OC87 Recovery Diaries. She lives in Vermont.

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Average rating: 4.29 · 195 ratings · 82 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Changing Ways (Changing Ways, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking Free (Changing Ways, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choosing Life (Changing Ways, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Brief Life Update (Before I Begin a New Project!)

A couple of weeks ago, I discerned a concerning regression in my mental health: I was struggling to fall asleep amid racing, obsessive thoughts, and during the day felt compelled to bounce from one task to the next without ever giving myself time to simply be. Anxieties about things over which I have no control–the climate crisis; AI; traditional publishing–resurfaced, and my focus and creativity

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Changing Ways (3 books)
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)

by Richard Adams

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Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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