Wasted | Paperback

Wasted is an autobiographical book telling the story of a young woman's life long struggle with eating disorders, namely anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. It is written with compassion and feeling, and the author takes a soul searching look at how eating disorders have affected the course of her life both past and present.

The book is beautifully written and provides a meaningful insight into how the desire to loose weight can become a life threatening obsession.

Both people who have had experience with eating disorders and those wishing to gain some kind of insight or understanding will benefit a lot from this book, as will those just looking for a well written and thought provoking read.

This book is about eating dissorders so you would think that you'd ahve to suffer to understand it - however I would seriously recomend it to anyone who is struggling with a friend or family member going through an eating dissorder as it gives you a true insight into just what goes on during this time. It is very deep and isn't a light read by any means but is worth it for the final understanding this book provides.

i read this book as i myself was in the grips of anorexia and i can truly say it is the most amazing book i have ever read.brutally honestand jus wonderfullyu written ,hornbacher is a truly amazing linguist! i see through her eyes and emotions what i have and stil to some extent battle daily and it is heartbreaking but revelatorary..anyone who has or has ever had an eating disorder or has someone dear to them whio is suffering read this book if you want to understand anorexia because believe me its much more complex than how the media portray it ....