A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature.[...]
A searing, unflinching and deeply moving account of Marya Hornbacher's personal experience of living with bipolar disorder. From the age of six, Marya Hornbacher knew that something was terribly wrong with her, manifesting itself in anorexia and bulimia which she documented in her bestselling memoir[...]
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 Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia -- u[...]
In the aftermath of her husband's devastating suicide, Claire Schiller moves with their two young children into the home of her in-laws during an oppressive Minnesota winter and shares unexpected moments of comfort, healing, and humor. A first novel. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 30,000 first p[...]
"A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important and perhaps controversial new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher's highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia. Vivid, honest, and emotion[...]
An astonishing dispatch from inside the belly of bipolar disorder, reflecting major new insights
When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have the piece of shattering knowledge that would finally make sense of the chaos of her life[...]
En enastående självbiografisk berättelse om manodepressivitet
Med sin nya bok tar Marya Hornbacher vår förståelse för bipolärt syndrom till en ny nivå. Bipolärt syndrom (manodepressivitet) är en fruktansvärd sjukdom som drabbar ca 1 på 100. Marya Hornbacher var 24 när hon fi[...]