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¶ … Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia'
Marya Hornbacher's book "Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia" is a painful discussion of the life of someone who struggles with this affliction. When Hornbacher was only nine years old, she became bulimic. She was anorexic by the time she was 15, and she battled with the disease all through college. Just 23 years old when she wrote the book, Hornbacher still admitted to battling every day with the disease. She now manages to keep down enough food to maintain a relatively normal weight and begin to repair all of the damage that was done to her organs throughout the years of her starvation.
Hornbacher is still not convinced that she will survive, but she has the desire to live, which is something she didn't possess for quite a while. The book is very moving, but is told in such a way that it is not full of self-pity, but is instead a brutally honest and open account of what an eating disorder can do to a person. In addition...
Many people seem to think that an eating disorder is something that the person dealing with it can just control. All they have to do is eat more and they will be fine. Even though eating disorders have been around for a long time, many people still do not understand all of the complexities that come with them. Until more is researched and understood about eating disorders, those that suffer with them will continue to be misunderstood. Anyone who reads this book will help to contribute to the understanding that this disorder is not 'all in someone's head,' but is a very real affliction that requires understanding and help, not ridicule.
One group that should definitely read this…
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