Wasted[虚度]

A'retiredcareeranorexicexaminesherselfandher,andour,cultureinamasterpieceofconfessionalliterature.AttheageoffourMaryaHornbacherlookedinamirroranddecidedshewasfat.Atnine,shewasbulimic.Attwelve,shewasanorexic.Bythetimeshewaseighteen,she'dbeenhospitalizedfivetimes,onceintheloonybin.Herdoctorsandherparentshadgivenuponher;theywerewatchingherdie.ButMaryadecidedtolive.Fouryearson,now22,hereisherharrowingtale,powerfullytoldinavirtuosomixofmemoir,culturalcriticismandpsychologicalexamination.Hereistheamazinglyarticulatefuryofacleverwomanmadestupidbyherculture,whothrewawayherteenageyearsinacontinuouscycleofbingeingandvomitingorjustplainstarvation.Thefirstbooktoexplore,fromtheinside,theintimaterelationshipbetweeneatingdisordersand1990sculture'shistoricallyunprecedentedobsessionwithbody,dietandgender;notatestimonytoamiraclecure,butthestoryofonewoman'stravelstothedarkersideofreality,andherdecisiontofindherwayback,onherownterms.'Hornbacherisarticulate,clever,andhasallthepersuasivezealofaconvert,furiousatthepressuresthatmadeherwhatshewas.Paradoxically,herpainfuljourneyisalsogrippingand…dareonesayit.entertaininginawaythatnofictioncouldeverbe.Acompulsiveread.PublishingNewsgrittyunflinchinglookateatingdisorderswrittenfromtherawdisintegratedcentreofyoungpainwithstarkcandourandpower.