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Marya justine hornbacher born april 4, 1974 is an american author and freelance journalist. A bipolar life, however, remains a brilliant book that follows hornbacher over a number of years, relationships, manic highs, lows and hospitalizations and recounts in a wonderfully honest and unrestrained fashion the stark impacts of such a devastating mental illness. A memoir of anorexia and bulimia, which has been published in twelve languages, and the new york times bestseller madness. Wasted a memoir of anorexia and bulimia marya hornbacher to brian contents introduction 1 1. Marya hornbacher 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. A bipolar life marya hornbacher on free shipping on qualifying offers.
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