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

by Marya Hornbacher (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
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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 is the story of how Marya Hornbacher willingly embraced hunger, drugs, sex, and death—until a particularly horrifying bout with anorexia and bulimia in college forever ended the romance of wasting away.

In this updated edition, Hornbacher, an authority in the field of eating disorders, argues that recovery is not only possible, it is necessary. But the journey is not easy or guaranteed. With a new ending to her story that adds a contemporary edge, Wasted continues to be timely and relevant.

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    Harper Perennial
  5. Publication date
    May 27, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JDKBTZI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial; Updated edition (May 27, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 27, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1206 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 450 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 105 ratings

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Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher

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Marya Hornbacher is an award-winning journalist and bestselling writer. Her books include the memoirs Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, which has been published in twelve languages, and the New York Times bestseller Madness: A Bipolar Life; the recovery books Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps, and Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power; and the novel The Center of Winter. She teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Phlowergurlee
5.0 out of 5 stars Marya Hornbacher truly is an artist.
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2015
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Awesome book. This is the second copy I have bought because I wore my first one out. I would also recommend "Maddness" by Marya Hornbacher. She is an excellent writer that really brings you into her experiences and helps you live what she has been through in such a descriptive, violent, poetic fashion--you feel as if you know her when you are done. If you have been through any similar experiences, you feel so understood, in such an honest, flat out and sincere--right down to the lowest shame and disgusting aspects of the illness. She holds nothing back, and makes no apologizes for nothing. She just tells it how it is. Yet she is an extremely talented writer with such a creative, deep thinking view of everything she expresses--it is moving and artful just to read her works.
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Edith G.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017
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Difficult subject written so beautifully. Amazing courage to speak with such raw honesty.
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Tlm
4.0 out of 5 stars Wasted
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2017
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It seemed like she had a lot more of the bulimia. She kept going into relapse after she would recover.
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RamshotJL
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2015
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A classic in my opinion. Read it 3 times now. Can also be used as a trigger.
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M. Hanson
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read if you are looking for an eye opener
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2015
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Good book. I wanted to learn more about eating disorders after a friends death. This opened my eyes.
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Dr. Sr.
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
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Little in the way of solution. Not what expected.
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Darcy Krieger
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2015
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The ultimate eating disorders memoir of all time.
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Jessica Peters
2.0 out of 5 stars Wordy
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2018
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This book is waaayyyy too wordy. If she had just told her story and presented the facts, it would have been a good read.
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