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Dear Marya,
I have only just begun your memoir, Wasted- A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, and I cannot put it down! I was amazed to know how young you were when you started having thoughts about your body. At five years old you talk about being on a diet. In this quote your family is sitting at a typical dinner and as with most young kids they are encouraging them to eat- "a few more bite. Two more she says. Three says my father. They glare at eachother. I eat a pea." (Hornbacher 12). I like how you talk about the eating disorder as an obsession. I agree with you and thats a good way to describe it. "Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet ches. Others get eating disorders." (13). I am really enjoying your book and cant see what else happens to you as a young child just beginning an eating disorder.

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