Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and BulimiaMarya Hornbacher grew up in a comfortable middle-class American home. At the age of five, she thought she was fat. By age nine, she was secretly bulimic. She added anorexia to her repertoire a few years later and took pride in her ability to starve. This is the story of her difficult recovery. |
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