$7.88
Details
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Author: Marya Hornbacher
Narrator: Marya Hornbacher
Abridged: 5 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 07/05/2000
Genre: Self-help - Eating Disorders
Synopsis
Precociously intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and ambitious, Marya Hornbacher grew up in a comfortable middle-class American home. At the age of five, she returned home from ballet class one day, put on a enormous sweater, curled up on her bed, and cried--because she thought she was fat. By age nine she was secretly bulimic, throwing up at home after school, while watching Brady Bunch reruns on television and munching Fritos. She added anorexia to her repetoire a few years later and took great pride in her ability to starve.
Marya's story gathers intensity with each passing year. By the time she is in college and working for a wire news service in Washington, D.C., she is in the grip of a bout of anorexia so horrifying that it will forever put to rest the romance of wasting away. Down to fifty-two pounds and counting, Marya becomes a battlefield: her powerful death instinct at war with the will to live.
Why would a talented young girl go through the looking glass and step into a netherworld where up is down, food is greed, and death is honor? Why enter into a love affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Marya sustained both anorexia and bulimia through five lengthy hospitalizations, endless therapy, the loss of family, friends, jobs, and, ultimately, any sense of what it means to be "normal." In this vivid, emotionally wrenching memoir, she recreates the experience and illuminates the tangle of personal, family and cultural causes unlying eating disorders.
Wasted is the story of one woman's travels to the darker side of reality, and her decision to find her way back again--on her own terms.
by Melanie Frecken
Based on various research projects, this book helps you see the best ways to stop binge eating. For some people, it’s an actual disorder. For others, it’s a bad routine they got into and want to break through. Why do people binge ea...
Published: 09/03/2020
by PsyD Albers
Food has the power to temporarily alleviate stress and sadness, enhance joy, and bring us comfort when we need it most. It's no wonder experts estimate that 75 percent of overeating is triggered by our emotions, not physical hunger. The good news is...
Published: 04/08/2014
by Melanie Frecken
How do you subdue your cravings without going crazy? What are the roots of binge eating disorder? People who binge eat, and by that, I mean seriously eat excessive amounts of food, are in danger. They may be more vulnerable to depression, ...
Published: 09/03/2020
by Geneen Roth
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God“A life-changing book.”—OprahIn this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive E...
Published: 09/17/2008
by Melanie Frecken
This is a 2-book bundle, consisting of these books: Book 1: Since you landed on this page, you have probably been wondering what intermittent fasting is, or why so many people have used this lifestyle to become healthier. Well… you&rsquo...
Published: 12/12/2020
by Melanie Frecken
This is a 3-book bundle, which addresses various subtopics, including but not limited to these: Book 1: This guide will guide you along in a crazy world with supermarkets full of shelves with snacks that contain absolutely no valuable nut...
Published: 09/03/2020
by Gail Kasper
Statistics show that anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating have doubled since the 1960s. A food addiction, like any other addiction, can overtake a person's life as they struggle to escape an out-of-control existence. As a teen, Gail Kasper fought a ...
Published: 03/27/2012
by Melanie Frecken
This guide will guide you along in a crazy world with supermarkets full of shelves with snacks that contain absolutely no valuable nutrients whatsoever. Welcome to the binge eating book, the book that can help you stop snacking on things that a...
Published: 09/03/2020
by Melanie Frecken
The following topics are included in this 3-book combo: Book 1: Based on various research projects, this book helps you see the best ways to stop binge eating. For some people, it’s an actual disorder. For others, it’s a bad r...
Published: 09/03/2020