Final Response

"The awakened and knowing say: body I am entirely, and nothing else; and soul is only a word for something about the body."
-Nietzshe, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

The story, Wasted by: Marya Hornbacher, was a memoir about anorexia and bulimia. The author, Marya Hornbacher, wrote a powerful story that I believe everyone can relate to. She talks about how people would never be satisfied with their selves and her struggle growing up that lead to her disease(bulimia). Everything eventually connects once as you progress your way towards the ending.

I found the book really interesting. I felt as if she was teaching the reader as she told her story.
For example through out the book she would talk about how bulimics would eat and throw up, and how they don't enjoy eating. When she was hospitalized she talked about how some people in the facility actually "falls in love" with food. They would either find pleasure in the movement of the food in their mouths and move it around in a rhythm formation.


The author would use quotes in the beginning of each different events in her life. She would use different lines from books, ex: Alice in Wonderland, and sometimes she would use short strong poems. The quote above was in the introduction and everything in the book just falls into this.

I loved the way Horbacher wrote this. She would use little 1's and 2's next to a specific word/phrase that either refers to a reference or something that makes you understand what she is saying better; it was similar to a really complicated dictionary/encylopedia.

I really enjoyed it, and I would definitely recommend it.