Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062327038 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I, as many young women do, honest-to-God believed that once I Just Lost a Few Pounds, suddenly I would be a New You, I would have Ken-doll men chasing my thin legs down with bouquets of flowers on the street, I would become rich and famous and glamorous and lose my freckles and become blond and five foot ten." Hornbacher describes in shocking detail her lifelong quest to starve herself to death, to force her short, athletic body to fade away. She remembers telling a friend, at age 4, that she was on a diet. "I fell for the great American dream, female version, hook, line, and sinker," Marya Hornbacher writes. Her bizarre tale includes not only the usual puking and starving, but also being confined to mental hospitals and growing fur (a phenomenon called lanugo, whi
Ashe Lively said Be careful it may trigger. Marya definitely isn't shy. She's very honest, I will tell you that if you do have that mindset, it can trigger, I haven't been in Marya's hell in the same way, but I do understand some of what she describes, and it's not easy by any stretch. It's a very raw memoir, and it really gives great insight into the family element, If you want an insightful look into this world, take a gander, but read at your own risk. Striking I couldn't put this book down. I was completely mesmerized by it and I felt every word on the page register as I read through it (this is not common for me, I tend to skip parts).The book is beautifully disturbing. I would not recommend it if you are looking for answers--Hornbacher does an exceptional job of portraying the confusions and contradictions experienced by a person with an eating disorder. It is frightening and comforting at the same time, as you realize the horrors of anorexia and bulimia, but you realize also that you are not alone. Hornbacher is a gifted writer--her frequent use of the future tense to describe her e. you don't need to have an ED to relate to this fabulous book This is the kind of book that had me looking up while reading, wherever I was, and insisting that whoever was in the room hear a passage or two. This book is beautifully written, unbelievably brave and honest, full of details about anorexia and bulimia that are FASCINATING. I didn't know a person could live on 100 calories a day- At points in the story, I wondered how she had the energy to stand up (at times she actually didn't). She tells about what she ate and how she puked, why she did it and how she hid the truth from herself. She tells how the toilets in her house backed up, often, from too much puke in the pipes. How her pa
But the journey is not easy or guaranteed. With a different ending to her story that adds a contemporary edge, Wasted continues to be timely and relevant.. A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important, and perhaps controversial, new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher’s highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia.Vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching, Wasted