Wasted by Marya Hornbacher

298 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative sad medium-paced

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Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? 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 Hornb...

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dark 72%
emotional 72%
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challenging 43%
tense 25%
hopeful 13%
inspiring 11%
funny 1%

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slow 11%

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