A Gripping Real Life Tale
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A stunningly written book by Marya Hornbacher about her struggle with eating disorders throughout her life.
At the age of 23 Marya reflects on her life and the turmoil that anorexia and bulimia put her in. She has clearly done a lot of in-depth research into eating disorders and this helps to add another edge to her account. It is an intellectually written, throughly enjoyable book that gives an insight into having an eating disorder, the thoughts and feelings that accompany them and the journey that she went on.
I would recommend this book to anyone that has ever or is suffering from a eating disorder, and family and friends of them.
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Outstanding
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The first book i've ever read on anorexia and bullimia and quite possibly the best I'm going to ever read.
Not sentimental, but brilliant, sharp, open, honest, tragic and heart rendering. A story told to educate, rip apart the glamour of eating disorders.
I couldn't put this book down, and while I agree with some of the reviewers that this book could be perseived as a trigger, I think it needs to be read, and i'm sure the author needed to write it.
The author shows anorexia and bullimia in all it's horrors and the iron grip which it has on her to this day. To show us and help us understand that each day is a new day, but that we will always carry the scars of our past with us into the future.
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Important and Well-Written Book
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Love it or hate it, Wasted is an exceptional and quite extraordinary book. I read with interest the other reviews here, some of which claim that the book will act as a 'trigger' to those already suffering from eating disorders. Yes, I agree this may possibly be the case.. but this does not make Wasted a bad book. A good book will make you feel something, will make you empathise with the characters, will make you understand something more about yourself or about the human condition. In all of these respects, Wasted is a hugely significant book. This book is not just another book about eating disorders - far from it. It is an intelligent, engaging and well-written account of the search for identity and one person's struggle with a truly horrific and self-destructive addiction. Shocking the subject matter may be, but personally I consider this to be a real modern classic.
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very VERY good!
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As someone who had anorexia & then bulimia for years, I would highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers from anorexia or bulimia - or even compulsive eating - an extremely prevalent issue among Western ( & probably non-Western) women. Marya discloses some very personal past issues - including the secret vomiting which is unfortunately a prevalent problem. Marya has a healthy cynicism about the medical profession, she is very hard on herself which a lot of us are, & as a privately educated 'Limey' I was quite interested to read about a state-school American suffering from the disease. Her book is a favour to many eating disorder sufferers - it certainly wasn't written for financial reasons.
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Wasted
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I found this book was a really interesting read. Suffering from anorexia myself I found it easy to relate to many of her feelings and experiences. well written and sad.
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