These problems are certainly frightening, because although they manifest in the body, which often sustains extreme medical damage, by the way (Marya herself nearly died at only 18 years of age). Eating disordersīy nine, Marya was bulimic, and by fifteen, she was anorexic. The family dysfunction was secretly becoming a critical issue to young Marya, but without a way to explain that to anyone, her loneliness mixed with that family drama, and that led her to become mentally desperate. At that time, any amount of family fighting or arguing can be a very frightening thing for a child. Hornbacher was very young when her disorders began. Now, although Hornbacher's parents were certainly not perfect, one should hesitate to judge them, because she isn't doing that in this book.
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In a review for The New York Times, Caroline Knapp calls the book "a gritty, unflinching look at eating disorders," adding, "Hornbacher is at her best when she zeroes in on the specifics of eating disorders and their origins.Such phenomena aren't new to the literature on eating disorders, but Hornbacher describes them with a stark candor that captures both their pain and underlying purposes.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Wasted has sold in the United States over a million copies and has been translated into fourteen languages. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised for its maturity and candor. Published by HarperCollins in 1997, Wasted was a critical and commercial success. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders.
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