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Praise for Benoit Denizet-Lewis -- ; * - * Entertaining . . . covers a tremendous amount of ground, literally and figuratively * The New York Times Book Review * Intentionally intellectual, geographically expansive . . . Denizet-Lewis is a master at effortlessly weaving bits of research into his narrative * Los Angeles Times * Benoit Denizet-Lewis has written about some pretty strange and fascinating people in his career . . . Sit! Read! Enjoy! -- A.J. Jacobs, author of <i> The Year of Living Biblically </i>

In You’ve Changed, Benoit Denizet-Lewis combines reportage, research, and memoir in a fascinating and beautifully written book that captivated me from the first page. His thoughtful and thorough examination of change – if it’s possible and how it happens – is endlessly thought provoking and inspiring. Read this book! -- David Sheff, author of <i> Beautiful Boy </i> People have been trying to figure out what the hell change is – how it happens, why it is so mysterious, whether it’s good, bad, natural, or godly – for as long as our species has strung words into sentences, ideas and stories. With an eye for the paradoxical, ambiguous, and delightfully absurd, and that irresistible commitment to go all the way there with his subjects, Denizet-Lewis’s wide-ranging study of change in an era when metamorphosis has become the head-spinning norm, is wonderfully reported, often hilarious, and unfailingly captivating -- Julian Brave NoiseCat, author of <i> We Survived the Night </i> You've Changed is immediately fascinating. In a world that flips fast, personal change can be elective, mandatory, or downright accidental. Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes us on a deeply considered yet hilarious ride that explores the promises, challenges, validity, and possibility of transformation in all its forms. Read this book; you'll leave it changed for the better -- Ellen Hendriksen, clinical psychologist and bestselling author of <i> How To Be Yourself </i> Praise for Benoit Denizet-Lewis -- ; * - * Entertaining . . . covers a tremendous amount of ground, literally and figuratively * The New York Times Book Review * Intentionally intellectual, geographically expansive . . . Denizet-Lewis is a master at effortlessly weaving bits of research into his narrative * Los Angeles Times * Benoit Denizet-Lewis has written about some pretty strange and fascinating people in his career . . . Sit! Read! Enjoy! -- A.J. Jacobs, author of <i> The Year of Living Biblically </i>

What a blazingly smart, funny, thoughtful, and moving book about the hope—and the occasional limits—of human transformation. In You’ve Changed, Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes us right into the trembling heart of how tempting it is to try to change your life. I found this to be a deeply humane book, offering the reader both permission to evolve and compassion for the times it might not quite work the way we hoped -- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of <i> Eat, Pray, Love </i> Fascinating... Benoit Denizet-Lewis takes us on a deeply considered yet hilarious ride that explores the promises, challenges, validity, and possibility of transformation in all its forms -- Ellen Hendriksen, clinical psychologist and bestselling author of <i> How To Be Yourself </i> Combines reportage, research, and memoir in a fascinating and beautifully written book that captivated me from the first page... endlessly thought provoking and inspiring. Read this book! -- David Sheff, author of <i> Beautiful Boy </i> Denizet-Lewis’s wide-ranging study of change in an era when metamorphosis has become the head-spinning norm, is wonderfully reported, often hilarious, and unfailingly captivating -- Julian Brave NoiseCat, author of <i> We Survived the Night </i>

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Benoit Denizet-Lewis is an associate professor at Emerson College and a longtime contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. He has written three previous books, including America Anonymous and the New York Times bestseller Travels With Casey.

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