false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg 46815 17 Eating disorders are frequently written about but rarely with such immediacy and candor. Hornbacher was only 23 years old when she wrote this book so there is no sense of her having distanced herself from the disease or its lingering effects on her. This, combined with her talent for writing, gives readers a real sense of the horror of anorexia and bulimia and their power to dominate an individual's life. The author was bulimic as a fourth grader and anorexic at age 15. She was hospitalized several times and institutionalized once. By 1993 she was attending college and working as a journalist. Her weight had dropped to 52 pounds and doctors in the emergency room gave her only a week to live. She left the hospital, decided she wanted to live, then walked back and signed herself in for treatment. This is not a quick or an easy read. Hornbacher talks about possible causes for the illnesses and describes feeling isolated, being in complete denial, and not wanting to change or fearing change, until she nearly died. Young people will connect with this compelling and authentic story. 1256238 1 2 1999 Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.) total:2314|5:818|4:798|3:488|2:173|1:37| 2314 9129 3372 355 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 2 9 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Sep 04 08:54:02 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 09:04:30 -0700 2007
for a non-ED audience, it plays well. the story is gripping, it goes i...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 3 5 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 16:40:57 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 16:40:57 -0700 2007
So this is a memoir of the author's ten-year struggle with bulimia and anorexia. I found it different from other ...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 4 3 true Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:24:19 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:52:36 -0800 2009
Made me feel things I didn't really want to feel.

She says the same thing as Neil does at the end of The Game. You just have to live with who you were and are.


Quotes:

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Definatly not...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 11:26:40 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:35:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 01 17:14:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 17:32:34 -0700 2008 It is all told in the first person, starting at Marya in a young age. This first person retelling of her struggles really gave me a clear insight into her life,...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Mon Jan 21 14:50:31 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 17:48:28 -0800 2008
This book is a genuine, gripping story of a yout...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 4 1 true Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 07 21:04:18 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 02 22:05:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Sun Jan 06 15:56:54 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 26 14:22:09 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 00:33:58 -0700 2007
"I had a clear, haunting knowledge that my eating disorder was cruelty. We forget this. We think bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or a...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 2 2 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 10:21:12 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 10:21:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jun 23 21:22:27 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 21:28:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 1 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue May 22 11:04:09 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 11:12:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 4 0 false Thu Mar 05 14:12:41 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:11:44 -0800 2009 In this memoir it explains to the reader ...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 3 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:59:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:02:52 -0800 2009 My Book Review

I just finished reading, "Wasted" by Marya Hornbacher. It's a memoir that...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 0 false Tue Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jan 01 16:56:55 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:56:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 2 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Dec 05 10:54:10 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:30:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 3 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 16 06:35:52 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 06:40:34 -0700 2008 Wasted makes for rather a tough read (I found myself recoiling from the page as the author recounts some of her experiences with anorexia/bulimia), but it's a worthwhile one. Hornbacher both understands eating disorders from personal experience and is sharp enough to have researched and analyzed why...more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 5 0 false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 21:36:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 19:59:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46815 0060858796 9780060858797 2199 334 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343622m/46815.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46815.Wasted_A_Memoir_of_Anorexia_and_Bulimia 3 0 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:06:20 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:28:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=46815