... because I just reviewed Irene Vilar's gorgeous memoir: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict for Book Forum, and am stumbling through Marya Hornbacher's Madness and trying not to lose my mind. Memoir. Love it, hate it? What has it done for you lately? I started writing this for a talk I gave at the San Miguel Allende ...

One rejection letter, check! One to go. I am not sure how to do this. But I'm doing my best, so yeah. Maybe I should find out who Marya Hornbacher's agent is somehow. It was not easy driving this morning. It took me almost 30 minutes round trip to do a ride that should take about 15. I'm really glad I don't usually ...

... school the list would've included Little Town on the Prairie (my faaavorite Little House book!) and Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. (Oh I guess I could include Marya Hornbacher's Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, since I did actually really love that book, but I feel a little weird putting that as a favorite.) It's ...

... the night, calves and thighs knotting with muscles that are beginning to eat away at themselves. They may or may not be awakened in the night by their own inexplicable sobs. - ‘Wasted‘ by Marya Hornbacher with this: “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” - Kate Moss You realise that there’s a very good reason why Kate Moss ...

... of my small body down to dinner? Why move? Why breathe? The book had left me, and there was no reason to go on." ... Both by Marya Hornbacher. It's been a long time since quotes have spoken to me quite this strongly, as if someone else took the time to painstakingly put my experiences into words. ... This week has been intense. There&# ...