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Lea Taranto

@leataranto.bsky.social
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she/her 1/2 Chinese 1/2 Jewish 100% neurodivergent writer with spunk. Loves dogs and spec fic.

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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
So grateful for this Quill & Quire review by Shazia Hafiz Ramji! 😭🥹“Taranto’s debut is a refreshingly unromanticized portrayal of a teenager’s journey through the mental health system… A Drop in the Ocean is funny, heart-rending, and sassy all at once.” quillandquire.com/review/a-dro...
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A Drop in the Ocean - Quill and Quire
A Drop in the Ocean is the debut YA novel from Léa Taranto, a Paris-born, Burnaby, B.C.-raised writer, whose Chinese and Jewish heritage infuses this coming-of-age story about mental health with humou...
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My debut YA novel about being a mixed race teen passed around psych wards like a hot potato for scrupulosity OCD and comorbidities comes out with Arsenal Pulp Press May 20! arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/A-Dr...
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A Drop in the Ocean
An engaging YA novel about a girl in treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder that combats the dehumanizing stigma around mental illnessSixteen-year-old Mira Durand has just been checked into the s...
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
it me!
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
going 2 be 33 tomorrow. Compared to super nerd overachiever kid me I've done fuck all with my life.
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
Who else here is picky with fruit but then feels all the guilt because you grew up semi poor and know this is a first world problem?
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
Late to the party but mind blown by The Locked Tomb series
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
the sea wall is a pretty nice walk. I hate when it gets too crowded but usually that's the weekends.
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
Haven't been to the pool in a hot minute. I like the beach because then I can scavenge for shells.
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
Frizz is the worst. It's why I'm never moving to Florida the other 50% is the politics.
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
this is a twisted sista leave in also frizz ease thing I bought at Winners. Would probably get it again.
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
can't we have both?! But no therapy is expensive as fuck
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Lea Taranto @leataranto.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
When you take a shower with new conditioner and then can't stop smelling your own hair.
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