“Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.”

— Marya Hornbacher , book Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

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American journalist 1974

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