- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st HarperPerennial Ed edition (Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060930934
- ISBN-13: 978-0060930936
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 151,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and body image, substance abuse, and sex.
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It was that simple: One minute I was your average nine-year-old, shorts and a T-shirt and long brown braids, sitting in the yellow kitchen, watching Brady Bunch reruns, munching on a bag of Fritos, scratching the dog with my foot. Read the first page
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It was that simple: One minute I was your average nine-year-old, shorts and a T-shirt and long brown braids, sitting in the yellow kitchen, watching Brady Bunch reruns, munching on a bag of Fritos, scratching the dog with my foot. Read the first page
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ive just finished this book and it shocked me how well the Hornbacher decribes eating disorders. I have suffered with a combination of bulimia and to a lesser extent, anorexia for years. There is no other way to say what it does to you except to say that eating disorders are soul destroying. There are days when I want to curl up and die because I know that there is no easy way out but this book shows that however ill you can become, you can also get through. Wasted is a shockingly honest book. Some may say that Hornbacher is almost encouraging readers to toy with the idea of extreme dieting, but I disagree. She is telling the way it really is. Yes, she was an extreme case but it happens and it is terrifying. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the thought process behind bulimia and anorexia. If you have an eating disorder and want a trigger book or some sort of motivation, dont bother. You wont find it here.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You can read many accounts of Eating Disorders, but this one has to be one of the most disturbing, well written and incisive. Marya writes clearly and without self-pity, about the start of her disease, when she is young and bulimic, until the climax of anorexia when she enters into a disturbing account of severe mental illness. She never explains why she got the disease, probably because she can't explain it to herself, but her description of her state of mind and the people around her's reaction to her disease is brilliant. She says she wants to write this book to stop other people going down the same route. I have no doubt she will succeed, because this book is horrific and terrifying. She adds information from supposed experts into the book, and quite often mocks therapists who have no idea about her illness, so together with her honest self-analysis it makes for an educational read. Don't expect any answers or miracle cures however. The quality of her writing is high, and I'm sure any book by her is well worth the read.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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There are so many books out there about eating disorders being 'all about control', or about some teenager who made a miraculous recovery; this squashes those books flat with its honesty and realism. This shows you how it really is, and the language Hornbacher has used to convey the confused, disorientated feeling you get when you're starving and purging yourself to death is spot on. As a sufferer of both anorexia and bulimia, there were some points where I had to put the book down because I felt so faint, because what she was describing felt so true, but this is a book that grips you and demands your attention because once you've started it, you can't think of anything else until you've finished it.
Hornbacher makes no apologies for what she's been through and she doesn't sugar-coat anything. Hers may be a particularly dramatic journey through eating disorders but sufferers will identify with the all-consuming nature of the illness, and those with an interest in the subject can see for themselves just how truly horrifying eating disorders really can be. All is not 'happily ever after' at the end of this book, which keeps in fitting with Hornbacher's honest style. Marya closes the book with the reminder that if you've suffered for a long time, the illness will never really leave you. This may sound depressing but it makes you realise (if you're ill) you never want to be as ill as Marya was, and if you've never suffered, it makes you realise you never want to start down the path of starving, bingeing and purging yourself to death. It's inspiring in its realism, and is the most honest book I've ever read.
Hornbacher makes no apologies for what she's been through and she doesn't sugar-coat anything. Hers may be a particularly dramatic journey through eating disorders but sufferers will identify with the all-consuming nature of the illness, and those with an interest in the subject can see for themselves just how truly horrifying eating disorders really can be. All is not 'happily ever after' at the end of this book, which keeps in fitting with Hornbacher's honest style. Marya closes the book with the reminder that if you've suffered for a long time, the illness will never really leave you. This may sound depressing but it makes you realise (if you're ill) you never want to be as ill as Marya was, and if you've never suffered, it makes you realise you never want to start down the path of starving, bingeing and purging yourself to death. It's inspiring in its realism, and is the most honest book I've ever read.
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Wasted: A Memoir of anorexia and Bulimia
This is a beautiful, brutally honest and poignant portrayal of an extraordinarily brave woman. I cried and gasped at the horror of her disease, and willed her to get well all the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kiwipom
good book but type is to small
This is a good book, but if you have the chance buy one with a bigger type face, this copy has a very small font which makes it difficult to read. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Rostov
The most real book I have ever read
This book is so real. It is painful to read but like a car accident where you just can't look away no matter how horrific. Read more
Published 7 months ago by serenitylopez
Brilliant novel
I found this book very inspirational. It is brilliantly written and captures every essence of what she felt. It is written so well that you can picture everything so clearly.
Published 16 months ago by Lori
Not just the physical effects
This book not only gives an insight into the physical effects of anorexia and bulimia but gives a brilliant insight to the social and emotional side of things too (even showing... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Megannn
wasted
Couldn't put this down a gripping read, explaining the issuse of eating disorders and the root of them. Read more
Published 19 months ago by stella bee
WHY DID I NOT READ THIS YEARS AGO???
Fabulous story; well written and grips you from the start. A classic of its genre and I can't believe I didn't read it sooner. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Hulalula
Brilliant
I loved the writing style and how honest it was written.
It's a real eye opener.
It's a real eye opener.
Published 22 months ago by Manolescu
A great read
Wasted is the best book about EDs that I have read and I would recommend it to everyone.
Published 22 months ago by s_p03
Frighteningly good.
I have read quite a few books on eating disorders, but none of them was even close to the brilliance of Hornbacher's "Wasted". Read more
Published 23 months ago by Miss Malgorzata Sychta
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