Changing Ways (The Changing Ways Series) - A Captivating Dystopian Fiction Novel for Book Clubs & Sci-Fi Fans
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Growing up sucks. Struggling to cope with the constant stress of school, her mother, and her confusing social life, sixteen-year-old Grace Edwards finds sanity in the most destructive of ways: dieting and self-harming. But just when Grace thinks she has everything under control, a classmate catches her cutting in the girls’ locker room, and Grace’s entire life is flipped upside down. Now she’s faced with the unthinkable – a stint in a psych ward with kids who seem so much worse than she is. After all, she’s not sick. She’s totally okay. She’ll never do it again. But the longer Grace stays, the more she realizes that the kids in the ward aren’t that different from her. Slowly Grace comes to terms with her mental illness, but as her discharge date crawls closer, she knows that the outside world is an unpredictable place . . . and one which whispers temptations about hidden food, dangerous objects, and failure to stay in recovery.
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Changing Ways by Julia Tannenbaum is a courageous novel by an 18-year-old dealing with the most difficult to treat mental disorder—anorexia nervosa. With treatment, just 60% of those with anorexia recover. 20% partially recover; 20% without treatment do not survive. However, with effective treatment, the death rate drops to 2-3%.It’s difficult enough to be a teenager today, but dealing with anorexia, cutting, and depression makes life even more complex for Grace Edwards, the protagonist. Grace shares her fears, her actions, and her hopes. "I cannot know it's possible to get better unless I actually try." She delivers clear descriptions of her treatments and her struggles. Grace comes to realize that “When you are not alone, there is always hope.”In this easy to read but difficult to digest (no pun intended) novel, Tannenbaum's characters are believable and mostly likable--from her family to her high school community, to those in all of Grace's treatment facilities. Her descriptions of treatment, facilities and feelings are compelling and captivating. "I used to have all the control in the world. Now I have none.”If you want an engaging book right from the start and one that is informative about teenage struggles, mental illness and anorexia this book is a must read!
