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juliasilge 's review for:
Wasted
by Marya Hornbacher
This memoir of a young woman's struggle with eating disorders is absorbing, disturbing, and really well-written. I think it's pretty clear that the author wasn't really "recovered" yet when she wrote this, but maybe EDs are one of those shackles that are often never truly shaken off. I am someone with more garden-variety food issues (and not any real self-destructive tendencies) but even so I found her accounts of the motivations and feelings behind her behavior compelling and understandable. There were numerous instances of me thinking, "Yes, I have felt EXACTLY like that." Of course, then there was plenty of me thinking, "Holy cow, this girl is RAVING MAD." Part of me is ashamed to admit the voyeuristic appeal of smart-but-crazy-chick books like this or Prozac Nation but this one is certainly a top-notch, thoughtful example of the genre.