Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia - Rilegato

Hornbacher, Marya

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ISBN 10: 0060187395 ISBN 13: 9780060187392

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1998

Riassunto

A vivid, heartbreaking autobiography shares one young woman's lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging, obsession with food and body image, substance abuse, and sex, as well as her harrowing battle with eating disorders. Tour.

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“A memoir that resonates with unflinching candor and ironic wit, Wasted is a book that can save lives. The courage that prompted it awes me. Yes, this one is not to be missed.” (Dorothy Allison)

“A scary but tentatively triumphant memoir....[Told] with grace, sharp humor and candor.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Her book will be value not only to fellow sufferers: Any woman who has ever been made gleeful by the diminishing of her physical self will gain from reading this painful and sharp-boned account. ” (Newsday)

“Hornbacher writes like an artist, shaping her themes without self-pity or self-importance, wondering with intelligence why the dissatisfaction everyone feels with life is so often blamed on the female body.” (Village Voice)

“Powerful, compelling, intelligent....A memoir that has the tension and movement of a well-paced novel. You simply cannot put Wasted down.” (San Diego Union Tribune)

“Startlingly frank, breathtakingly emotive.” (Elle)

“Stunning...A tortured-yet-compelling account of a life spent bingeing, purging, and starving...A primal scream of a story sure to resonate even with those who possess a healthy attitude toward food and weight.” (Glamour)

“Stunning..a tortured-yet-compelling account of a life spent bingeing, purging, and starving..A primal scream of a story sure to resonate even with those who possess a healthy attitude toward food and weight.” (Glamour)

“This is a terrifically well-written book, completely devoid of self-pity.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“An unsparing, terrifying, razor-edged self-portrait that cuts right into the heart of this most paradoxical of psychological disorders.” (Patricia Chao)

L'autore

Marya Hornbacher is an award-winning journalist and bestselling writer. Her books include the memoirs Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, which has been published in twelve languages, and the New York Times bestseller Madness: A Bipolar Life; the recovery books Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps, and Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power; and the novel The Center of Winter. She teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060187395
• ISBN 13: 9780060187392
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 304