Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
 

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)

by Marya Hornbacher

Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia -- until a particularly horrifying bout with the disease in college put the romance of wasting... (read more)

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  • Liz K

    liz k said:

    What I found so fascinating is that she had people in her life, at various points, trying so very hard to help her make a change, but she could always work around it. It was a truly convincing illustration of how all of us are ultimately responsible for the changes in our own lives - no one else (externally) can MAKE us change. We simply have to decide for ourselves when we want to change, whether it is decide to see medical help, or lose weight, or start exercising, or quit smoking.

    posted Thursday, November 1 2007
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