But the journey is not easy or guaranteed. In this updated edition, Hornbacher, an authority in the field of eating disorders, argues that recovery is not only possible, it is necessary. 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. |a '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. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314). |a Originally published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

|a New York : |b Harper Perennial, |c 2014.

|a Wasted : |b a memoir of anorexia and bulimia / |c Marya Hornbacher. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d DLC |d SKYRV WASTED is the story of one woman's travels to reality's darker side-and her decision to find her way back on her own terms'. Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be 'normal,' Marya Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia-until a particularly horrifying bout with the disease in college put the romance of wasting away to rest forever. 'A reissue of the bestselling memoir with a new afterword by the author. With a new ending to her story that adds a contemporary edge, Wasted continues to be timely and relevant'. '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.

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