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Wasted : a memoir of anorexia and bulimia
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Wasted : a memoir of anorexia and bulimia

Author: Marya Hornbacher
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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Genre/Form: Biography
Personal Narratives
Named Person: Marya Hornbacher
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marya Hornbacher
ISBN: 0060187395 9780060187392
OCLC Number: 36961103
Description: 268 p. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Marya Hornbacher.

Abstract:

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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by jmf9474 (WorldCat user on 2006-06-26)

"Anorexia is so disembodied, so imperceptible for such a long time, so socially sanctioned, that you can go a long time clinging to your belief that there's nothing wrong with it. The minute you stick your fingers down your throat, you know damn well something's wrong. You know you're out of control. The first time you ever eat without stopping, the first time you ever feel that sudden wave of need crash over you, feel your face tighten in desperation for food, any food, now, you know something's wrong. And let me tell you, the first thing that comes to mind is not 'Gee, I must be really upset about something. Let's sit down and think about that.' The first thing that comes to mind is: more food. And then, the horrible, nauseating realization that you are, in fact, as uncontrollable, as needy, as greedy, as you've always secretly suspected." An excerpt from Wasted (Page 224)

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